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Houston-based Noble Energy Inc. on Thursday sanctioned the initial phase of the mammoth Leviathan natural gas project offshore Israel with first gas from the development targeted for the end of 2019.

Sunoco Logistics Partners LP will proceed with the construction of a third Mariner East (ME) pipeline known as ME 2X now that it’s received the necessarypermits from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).

TransCanada Corp.’s Columbia Gas Transmission LLC (TCO) has received full notice to proceed with construction of its Leach Xpress project.

FERC staff will prepare an environmental assessment (EA) for the Eastern Market Access Project and operation of facilities by Dominion Cove Point LNG LP (DCP), a subsidiary of Dominion Resources Inc., in Maryland and Virginia.

With encouragement from the new administration in Washington, DC, TransCanada Corp. on Thursday revived its Keystone XL cross-border oil pipeline project with an application to the Nebraska Public Service Commission (PSC) for approval of a route through the state and the most pivotal part of the $8 billion project.

Sunoco Logistics Partners LP can start construction of the Mariner East (ME) 2 pipeline — a natural gas liquids project that’s been in the works for years — after the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) late Monday approved 20 key permits.

Attorneys representing landowners opposed to the Dalton Expansion Project have asked FERC to block the project, alleging Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. (Transco) ran afoul of a directive by the Trump administration requiring domestically produced iron and steel in pipelines.

Late Wednesday the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers granted the on-again, off-again easement needed to complete the $3.8 billion, nearly 1,200-mile Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) oil pipeline project. More court challenges and demonstrations against the project are expected.

Following a boost from the Trump administration, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) on Tuesday returned to its original assessment and granted an easement to the backers of the controversial $3.8 billion, 1,200-mile Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) for its final leg, a water crossing in south-central North Dakota.