oil pipelines

After a 29-day interruption to repair a leak in Kansas, oil flows resumed Thursday to all destinations on Keystone Pipeline for up to 600,000 b/d of Canadian exports into the United States. TC Energy Corp. said added precautions enabled the restart, including a reduction to a high operating pressure previously allowed by a special permit…

The Canadian government has rescued Enbridge Inc.’s 540,000 b/d oil Line 5 from a Wisconsin tribe’s lawsuit by invoking its 1977 Pipeline Transit Treaty with the United States, a U.S. court has confirmed. U.S. District Court Judge William Conley of the Western District of Wisconsin on Thursday rejected a demand by the Lake Superior Chippewa…

As a federal review begins, a new chapter has been added to the marathon Michigan state scrutiny of the contested $500-million tunnel plan for the Straits of Mackinac crossing by Enbridge Inc.’s Line 5. “The record in this case is reopened to receive testimony, exhibits, and rebuttal,” the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) said in…

Alberta oilsands specialist Meg Energy Corp. reported that it has retained a 20,000 b/d oil shipping contract on the incomplete expansion of the Trans Mountain Pipeline. Management confirmed its plans for capacity on the Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMX), whose estimated construction cost has ballooned 70%, while reporting fourth quarter and full-year 2021 earnings. TMX…

TC Energy Corp. is gauging customer interest in oil transportation services that would connect Oklahoma crude supply with downstream refining markets on the Texas coast. The binding open season to solicit firm commitments for oil transportation service on the Marketlink Pipeline System was launched Friday. Marketlink has a capacity of 750,000 b/d and connects to…

The construction cost estimate for the half-finished Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion (TMX) has jumped by 70% to C$21.4 billion ($17 billion) and its completion target has been delayed by nearly a year until late 2023. The Canadian government-owned oil conduit attributed the increase and schedule setback, disclosed late Friday, to project changes, Covid-19, British Columbia…

Enbridge Inc. has requested a U.S. district court step in to prevent Michigan authorities from reviving a lawsuit that sought to shut down its international 540,000 b/d Line 5 oil pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac. After losing one legal battle, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said she wanted to resuscitate a state court lawsuit to…

President Biden rejected a top-ranked supplier on the global environment, social and governance (ESG) investment scale by blocking TC Energy Inc.’s Keystone XL oil export pipeline project, according to the Alberta provincial government. “Based on aggregated…performance from the Yale Environmental Performance Index, Social Progress Index, and World Bank Governance Index, Canada is third behind Norway…

Minnesota regulators have determined that Enbridge Inc. must pay $3.2 million in penalties and repairs after construction of the contentious Line 3 oil pipeline replacement project was found to have caused an underground aquifer to leak. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) announced that the mistake has cost a $20,000 administrative penalty, $300,000 for…