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Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Wednesday that he will offer a three-year “truce” to oil and gas companies that won exploration and production (E&P) contracts through bid rounds under his predecessor, Enrique Peña Nieto.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has filed a motion to lift the stay of verifications it issued for a crucial water crossing permit for the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) project, arguing that it’s addressed the issues involved.

A federal appeals court on Thursday stayed a crucial U.S. Army Corps of Engineers water crossing permit for Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) in West Virginia, potentially a major setback for a project under construction that was aiming to begin service this year.

A federal appeals court on Thursday stayed a crucial U.S. Army Corps of Engineers water crossing permit for Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) in West Virginia, potentially a major setback for a project under construction that was aiming to begin service this year.

A coalition of environmental groups led by the Sierra Club urged a federal appellate court to reject calls by FERC and project sponsors to stay a mandate over a trio of Southeast natural gas pipelines, in effect shutting the projects down immediately.

The Sierra Club last week moved to voluntarily dismiss the fifth lawsuit it has filed in federal court since 2015 that attempted to contest approvals of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from facilities in Louisiana, Maryland and Texas.

FERC has denied several motions to stay its August certificate order approving the Nexus Gas Transmission pipeline project that were filed by environmental and citizens’ advocacy groups.

The Sierra Club on Monday filed in federal court to drop both its appeal of the Nexus Gas Transmission project and an emergency motion to stop construction, saying it no longer has the support of affected landowners.

The complex dispute over a trio of natural gas pipelines in the Southeast, including Sabal Trail, took another turn after environmental groups and landowners opposed to the pipelines urged a federal appeals court to reject a FERC request that the court reverse a decision to vacate project permits.