Trans Mountain Corp. has won approval from Canadian federal authorities for a route detour to end a prolonged Indigenous territorial and environmental dispute that threatened to delay its C$12.6 billion ($10 billion) Trans Mountain Expansion crude pipeline project (TMX). The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) on Monday authorized the construction change, observing that no opposition had…
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MVP Pursuing New Strategy, Permits to Finish Building Natural Gas Pipeline
Seeking to wrap up construction on a project long ensnared in a tangle of legal and regulatory complications, Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC (MVP) will pursue a new strategy to obtain the waterbody and wetlands crossing approvals that represent the natural gas conduit’s final permitting hurdle. Instead of waiting out the legal process on its stayed…
Keystone XL Pipeline Proposal Reawakened With Nebraska Application
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.
Commenters Argue For Alternative North Slope Gasline Route, LNG Plant Site
Proving that plans to pipe Alaska North Slope natural gas to a liquefaction plant for global tanker export are far from a done deal, multiple commenters in the project’s FERC docket have said the natural gas pipeline should follow a different route and the liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant should be sited elsewhere than currently proposed.

PennEast Pipeline Files 33 Minor Route Changes With FERC
PennEast Pipeline Co. LLC, citing ongoing efforts to reduce effects on endangered species, wetlands and landowners from its proposed natural gas pipeline, filed more than 30 minor route modifications with FERC on Friday.

Dakota Access Backer ETP Reneged on Promises, Iowa Regulator Says
Energy Transfer Partners LP (ETP), sponsor of the 1,172-mile Dakota Access Pipeline to transport Bakken Shale crude oil, was accused by an Iowa regulator of not fulfilling some conditions imposed by the state in approving a route.

Iowa Regulators OK Dakota Access Pipeline Construction Start
Iowa regulators on Monday on a 2-1 vote authorized Energy Transfer Partners’ (ETP) to start construction in the fourth and final Midwest state needed for its 1,172-mile pipeline project to ship Bakken crude oil to markets along the East and Gulf coasts.

Marcellus-to-Southeast Takeaway Projects Hitting More Snags in WV, VA
Two Appalachia-to-Southeast takeaway projects continue to encounter obstacles as they plot routes through rural stretches along the border between West Virginia and Virginia.

Atlantic Coast, Mountain Valley Get More Pushback on Plans to Cross WV, VA Mountains
Two Appalachia-to-Southeast takeaway projects continue to encounter obstacles as they plot routes through rural stretches along the border between West Virginia and Virginia.

Marcellus-to-Southeast Takeaway Projects Hitting More Snags in WV, VA
Two Appalachia-to-Southeast takeaway projects continue to encounter obstacles as they plot routes through rural stretches along the border between West Virginia and Virginia.