Dakota Access Pipeline races to start moving Bakken crude
Oil will likely flow through the Dakota Access Pipeline under Lake Oahe in North Dakota early next week. Barring any more twists or turns — and there have been plenty in the last seven months of this...
View ArticleNord Stream 2: with Europe already divided, the US adds a new layer of...
When Gazprom officially launched plans to build the second Nord Stream gas pipeline system to Germany in June 2015, the accusations that Gazprom’s main aim was to increase its dominance over European...
View ArticleTrump’s ANWR move could spawn epic oil, natural gas battle: Fuel for Thought
Oil majors thirsty for reserves likely to line up for any lease sale President Trump has uncorked yet another controversy over energy vs the environment and it promises to be a heavyweight battle. The...
View ArticleEuropean Commission throws book at Russia’s Nord Stream 2 natural gas link
The European Commission, watchdog of the EU treaties, is throwing everything it has at Russia’s planned 55 Bcm/year Nord Stream 2 pipeline across the Baltic Sea to Germany in its efforts to keep...
View ArticleUS oil pipelines might rethink affiliate discounts: Fuel for Thought
US oil pipeline companies were calling their lawyers in Washington last week after regulators said a practice that has apparently become commonplace in the industry violates federal law. The order by...
View ArticleKeystone XL saga enters second decade: Fuel for Thought
Last week marked a decade since TransCanada first applied to build the Keystone XL heavy oil pipeline from Alberta to the Texas Gulf Coast, and the project’s fate is not much clearer today. The failure...
View ArticleTrump wants to expedite a Texas pipeline project, but no one seems to know...
“I’m baffled,” one US government official said last week. “I have no clue,” said another. “I have absolutely no idea what he’s talking about,” one frustrated analyst said after an hour of phone calls....
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