State and federal policies that facilitate transparent and timely project review, as well as set and maintain realistic deadlines
for pipeline approval, will do much to expedite construction and expand infrastructure to enhance the delivery of affordable energy that consumers and businesses need.
As the lead lobbyist for his firm, his task is to generate profit for shareholders, which, as the information above shows, he pursues by massaging the political climate across the country to assure the conditions
for pipeline approval are met.
Oil sands players, as well as U.S. producers in North Dakota, have been clamouring
for pipeline approvals, claiming that all of the political foot dragging around pipeline projects weakened pricing power and critically hampered their operations.
Not exact matches
$ 1.07 million by TransCanada, whose Keystone
pipeline project is up
for approval at the federal level.
Other political money flows through trade associations in the U.S. such as the American Chamber of Commerce, which has already spent more than $ 21 million in campaign advertising this year, including $ 1.5 million on ads accusing Democratic Senator Mark Udall of driving up energy costs, largely in response to his refusal to support Republican demands
for immediate
approval of the Keystone
pipeline.
But a less publicized move to replace the head of a federal regulatory agency will almost certainly slow federal
approval for new natural gas
pipelines.
Labor unions have pushed
for approval of the
pipeline, saying it would create thousands of construction jobs, while environmentalists opposed it because it would increase greenhouse gas emissions from Canada's oil sands.
Dakota Access, a subsidiary of Energy Transfer Partners, the company building the
pipeline, responded to Business Insider's request
for comment last fall in an email, saying: «Crude
pipelines in the country have a very specific review and
approval process that must be followed.
In an interview with Canadian Business deputy editor James Cowan, Odum spoke about whether the Keystone XL
pipeline will ever receive U.S.
approval, why cap - and - trade is good
for industry, and what it will take
for Canada to become a world leader in LNG.
The company's executives, including CEO Gerry Smith, suggested that Office Depot's business services
pipeline had fallen to «basically zero,» during the time it was waiting
for the government's
approval of the Staples deal.
The executive memo «directs agencies to expedite reviews and
approvals for the remaining portions of this
pipeline,» White House press secretary Sean Spicer clarified during Tuesday's news briefing.
U.K. - based GW Pharmaceuticals, which is extracting CBD from the cannabis plant to make anti-seizure medication that is in the Food and Drug Administration
approval pipeline, already has an import - export licenses
for marijuana.
«There's a question of whether going along with the
approval of the Northern Gateway
pipeline will make LNG development in B.C. more challenging by angering First Nations so adamantly opposed to the oil sands
pipeline,» said George Hoberg, a professor at the University of British Columbia's school of forestry and founder of UBCC350, a group pressing
for action on greenhouse gas emissions.
It's nine years and counting since the Keystone
pipeline was first proposed and TransCanada is still waiting
for Presidential
approval to build the line.
I asked her about reports that her government is planning to raise Alberta's $ 15 per tonne carbon price to $ 40 per tonne as a means to getting American
approval for the
pipeline project — a price that environmental critics say would be still too low.
After Obama sandbagged TransCanada, and all the Alberta producers that were going to supply it, I wouldn't want to be a U.S.
pipeline company looking
for regulatory
approval in Canada these days
Notley didn't mention Trudeau by name, but touted the recent
approval of
pipelines and said the oilsands will power the global economy
for generations to come.
However, I believe that new drug
approvals, a solid
pipeline and the company's deals and acquisitions will pave the way
for growth this year
Canada's energy industry is skeptical that major new
pipelines can be built in Canada unless the feds make it easier to win
approval, and that gives oil producers headaches about planning
for future production.
The ongoing US recovery, the new US administration's decision to restart the
approval process
for the Keystone XL
pipeline and other energy projects, and further policy measures, including tax reform, deregulation and infrastructure spending, could boost both demand and business confidence, igniting animal spirits and leading to an acceleration in the rates of investment, firm creation and innovation.
There's no shortage of blame being passed around in the wake of another delay in the U.S. regulatory
approval process with respect to TransCanada's Keystone XL
pipeline which, it was announced last Friday, will now drag on
for at least another six months.
As part of the discussions over Maryland's
approval of the proposed $ 4.5 billion AltaGas / Washington Gas merger deal, Governor Larry Hogan's administration negotiated
for the Canadian company to pay $ 103 million to kick start a natural gas
pipeline expansion project in rural areas throughout Maryland, according to the Maryland Energy Administration.
«In the future, companies may try to get around the environmental
approval process by seeking
approval to build a natural gas
pipeline, then converting it into a
pipeline for transporting heavy oil.
Xu Lin, head of the planning department at the National Development and Reform Commission, told reporters in Beijing yesterday that recently published
approvals for projects only represent part of what's in the
pipeline.
She urged the NEB to recommend
approval of the
pipeline to the federal cabinet
for the benefit of all Canadians.
British Columbia's demand
for oil spill safety enhancements, by contrast, are capable of being designed so as not to usurp the federal government's authority over the
approval of interprovincial
pipelines.
Brett Harris, a spokesman
for Calgary - based Cenovus Energy Inc., a committed oil - sands shipper on the proposed
pipeline, said the
approval «is in the best interest of the industry, best interest of Canada and the best interest of the U.S. as well.
Deeper reading: CCPA, «Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain
pipeline approval based on faulty assumptions» Thomas Gunton, «Is Canada setting itself up
for a
pipeline glut?»
Enough Democrats from energy states support the
pipeline for Keystone XL to win
approval in the senate.
Sen. Mary Landrieu, chair of the U.S. Senate energy committee, with Sen. Joe Manchin, a member of the committee, speak to reporters about the new urgency to get congressional
approval for the Canada - to - Texas Keystone XL
pipeline in Washington on Nov. 12.
Dominion is not asking
for a new
pipeline, but instead requesting
approval for an upgrade.
«Our next steps include finalising commercial arrangements
for gas supply, securing gas
pipeline financing support with the Federal Government, obtaining environmental and land access
approvals, and developing detailed refinery conversion plans,» Mr Biswas said.
Besides banning fracking to extract natural gas, Cuomo's administration has denied permits, thrown up hurdles or delayed
approvals for natural gas
pipelines and storage facilities.
Generally, you need
approval from the ISA
for commercial operations affecting the seabed (with a few exceptions such as the sea cables that I already mentioned, and
pipelines, too).
The numbers of colleges that the hon. Gentleman has calculated that were promised
approval in detail, and the numbers in the
pipeline — that is significant, because not only colleges that have had
approval in principle are waiting
for funding clearance — did not become available to Ministers with any clarity until that date.
The department has been sitting on a number of key decisions as well, including
approvals of natural gas
pipelines, an underground gas storage facility in the Finger Lakes and crude oil heating facility
for the Port of Albany.
Even though Dominion is not asking
for a new
pipeline, but instead requesting
approval for an upgrade, Lisa Marshall, who lives in Horseheads, in the Southern Tier, says it means a big change.
Cross-Border Energy Infrastructure — Vote Passed (254 - 175, 4 Not Voting) The House passed the bill that would establish a new system
for the
approval and permitting of border - crossing oil and gas
pipelines and electrical transmission lines.
It says the state Department of Environmental Conservation has held up
approval of a water quality permit
for the
pipeline for so long that it is in violation of two federal laws.
Developers expected the
approval for more than a year, and ordered the fabrication of the
pipeline.
From a proposed border tariff that could affect energy imports and exports, to recent
approvals for new oil
pipelines and an early rollback of regulations on coal production, the Trump administration is likely to usher in significant changes in energy policy.
The change would make it easier to gain
approval for industrial developments such as
pipelines.
Similar projects to Canada's West Coast have faced delays due to objections by First Nations groups and environmentalists, while the 800,000 bpd Keystone XL
pipeline to Texas has been awaiting U.S. State Department
approval for years.
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The expedited process has become a central
pipeline for the administration as it scales back
approvals of first - time applicants through a separate, longer process.
And while the charter school law may go unaltered
for a few months, there are still applications in the
pipeline and
approvals pending.
Growth's expected to come from the recent European launch of their Premier diabetes instrument (awaiting FDA
approval for the US), a new Vitamin D test, and a near term
pipeline of 8 other tests.
The company says it already has signed contracts
for 102 new Tru hotels, with 30 more in the
approval pipeline.
Now, one of the nation's last truly populist senators is publicly condemning the proposed tar sands
pipeline that the Obama administration is currently considering
for approval — and applauding the good folks working to stop it.
The spill comes at an inopportune time
for the industry, as it lobbies hard
for approval of the controversial Keystone XL oil sands
pipeline that would carry Canadian dilbit from the tar sand region to Texas refineries on the Gulf Coast.