Now is a good time to conduct a health - check to understand how the new rules could impact your existing business models and the
success of pipeline projects.
While President Barack Obama has said the pipeline could be re-routed, ETP chief executive Kelcy Warren has rejected that possibility, adding he is confident the pipeline will be approved once President - elect Donald Trump, who has been
supportive of pipeline projects, takes office in late January.
He said regulatory confusion and delays in Canada have prevented the timely
completion of pipeline projects such as the Trans Mountain expansion, leading to difficulty in getting crude oil to markets and the current steeper - than - usual discounts being paid for Canadian oilsands crude compared with benchmark New York - traded oil.
CBTU's campaign in
support of pipeline projects is designed to educate the public in communities located along key routes about the benefits of these projects.
While the media
framing of the pipeline project has been jobs vs the environment, the harsh reality is that very few jobs are being created by the pipeline.
Pilgrim spokesman Paul Nathanson said the New York's
review of the pipeline project will «demonstrate to everyone that Pilgrim is a safer, more environmentally friendly and economically efficient way to transport current flows of oil and refined products around the region that are now being transported mainly by river barge.»
[114] More political concerns were raised when Vladimir Putin stated that the ecological
safety of the pipeline project will be ensured by using the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Navy.
The company, a specialty energy pipeline contractor and utility transmission provider, was down for the quarter as cost overruns for three
of its pipeline projects took a toll on earnings.
According to documents obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), the American Petroleum Institute (API) and other oil industry groups have been directing state legislators to make public and legislative statements in
favor of the pipeline project, and have provided legislators with draft legislation, language for op - eds and testimony to be presented as their own.
«A
number of pipeline projects have attracted attention in recent years, and societal frustration is building over the country's direction with regard to energy policy and climate change, Alan Krupnick, senior fellow, Resources for the Future, and Mark Brownstein, Environmental Defense Fund senior vice-president, climate and energy, told attendees.»
«MDE and this administration have failed to assess all the risks to the Potomac River and our drinking water by not including the Mountaineer Gas
portion of this pipeline project in their review,» said Brent Walls, Upper Potomac Riverkeeper.
I argued that there was no factual foundation on which to bring the claims against me and that the case by Kinder Morgan was a SLAPP, aimed at discouraging others and myself from efforts to raise awareness about the environmental
impact of the pipeline project and to organize people in peaceful protest.
Baker Botts has as long history assisting clients with the
development of pipeline projects, particularly those used to transport crude oil, other liquid hydrocarbons and natural gas.
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