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Two oral arguments were held this past week in cases challenging an easement granted to Dakota Access and a FERC decision finding that the Northern Access project no longer needs a water quality certificate from the state of New York.
An oral argument is set for November 4 on an appeal of a lower court decision that had ordered the Dakota Access Pipeline to shut down while the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers prepares an Environmental Impact Statement that supports its decision to grant DAPL an easement to cross the Missouri River.
Enerplus filed a complaint with FERC alleging a Targa affiliate crude pipeline is violating the Interstate Commerce Act.
Most of the states in the Northeast have set goals for the amount of electricity to be generated by offshore wind power going out to 2035. As we sit here in late 2020, that time frame seems far out into the future, but the regulatory process required to plan, site and construct a wind farm offshore means that, if a project is not currently under consideration, it is very unlikely that it will be available before 2035.
Because the court ruled in favor of ACP, the project should be able to obtain the permit it needs to cross the AT. More importantly for the industry as a whole, however, an adverse decision would have created thousands of miles of roadblocks to pipeline development far beyond the AT.
Magellan appears to have crafted its petition for declaratory order to obtain a negative decision and sow uncertainty about common industry practices.
Magellan announced its intention to develop a new pipeline to transport various grades of crude oil and condensate, along with an open season.
Calcasieu Pass plant has sold more than 200 gas cargoes since early 2022, but it has yet to supply its eight long-term contract customers with any supply.