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Calgary, Alberta — TC Energy Corporation (TSX, NYSE: TRP) (TC Energy or the Company) has confirmed that after a comprehensive review of its options, and in consultation with its partner, the Government of Alberta, it has terminated the Keystone XL Pipeline Project (the Project). Construction activities to advance the Project were suspended following the revocation of its Presidential Permit on Jan. 20, 2021. The Company will continue to coordinate with regulators, stakeholders and Indigenous groups to meet its environmental and regulatory c...
CALGARY, Alberta, June 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TC Energy Corporation (TSX, NYSE: TRP) (TC Energy or the Company) confirmed today that after a comprehensive review of its options, and in consultation with its partner, the Government of Alberta, it has terminated the Keystone XL Pipeline Project (the Project). Construction activities to advance the Project were suspended following the revocation of its Presidential Permit on January 20, 2021. The Company will continue to coordinate with regulators, stakeholders and Indigenous groups to m...
Tioga - Senator John Hoeven, of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee member, held a roundtable discussion with local energy producers in western North Dakota to review ongoing developments in the region’s energy industry and outline his efforts to maintain America’s leadership in energy production. To this end, Hoeven is working to: • Secure approval for WBI Energy’s North Bakken Expansion Project from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). • Push back on Biden administration’s executive actions targeting US domestic en...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen are the lead plaintiffs on the complaint, which argues that Biden unlawfully changed energy policy set by Congress. Twenty-one attorneys general filed a lawsuit this week in an effort to reverse President Joe Biden’s revocation of the trans-border permit for the Keystone XL pipeline. The lawsuit is the latest in a series of moves by Montana’s elected officials aimed at reauthorizing the beleaguered project, which was designed to move 830,000 barrels of crude oil dai...
Greetings from Helena! We started the 2nd half of the Legislative session on Monday, March 8. After doing a marathon day with almost 100 floor bills on March 1 it was nice to be back on a regular schedule. There is a lot of concern in the legislature and from our constituents about how judges legislate from the bench. However, the thinking of judges and lawyers and liberals is that judges are nonpartisan and unbiased. So, this is the root of some of the debate that has been around the legislature and evident in Judiciary committee this week...
Both of Montana’s U.S. senators are working angles in Congress to overturn President Joe Biden’s decision to nix the Keystone XL pipeline. On Friday, Democrat Jon Tester introduced an amendment that would include reauthorization of the pipeline in the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package the U.S. House passed last week. Senate deliberations on that package are expected to go well into Friday evening. Due to changes the package has undergone in recent days, the measure will likely require another round of approval from the U.S. House before it...
As we review the official first half of the Montana Legislative session, it’s safe to say the session is looking good for Montana agriculture. Of the 3,357 total bill draft requests, 1,121 have been formally introduced. Montana Farm Bureau has taken a stance and lobbied for or against 60 of those, based on the policy directives of our farming and ranching members. Many of the bills we have supported are already on their way to the Governor’s desk. There are no bills left alive from the first half that we have opposed, unless they have been ame...
Recently elected US House Reprehensive Matt Rosendale visited the Sidney area last week. Rosendale was in town from Feb. 15-17 and visited with area Republicans, toured local businesses and held a Q & A session at the Richland County Commissioners office. Rosendale's Q & A session was with community leaders and local citizens. He began the meeting with an overview of his first 45 days since taking office. Rosendale described the stark differences between the atmosphere in Washington compared to...
US Senator Jon Tester is urging President Joe Biden to reconsider his decision to cancel the presidential permit for the Keystone XL pipeline and asking him to sit down with stakeholders – including Montana’s Tribes – to chart a path forward on the job-creating project together. Tester has long supported the Keystone XL pipeline, which has the potential to support thousands of good-paying Montana jobs and would increase tax revenue for local communities in eastern Montana. “I am writing to encourage you to reconsider your decision to cancel...
Helena - The Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is seeking public comment and holding a remote public hearing on the tentative determination to issue a Water Quality Certification for the Keystone XL Pipeline project in eastern Montana under section 401 of the Clean Water Act. The project requires a water quality certification because the pipeline would cross 201 wetland and water body features that are regulated under the Clean Water Act. A 36-inch diameter pipeline would be installed at water body crossings by creating an...
Omaha, NE - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District has scheduled public hearings for the purpose of collecting information or evidence which will be considered in evaluating the proposed USACE permit action for the Keystone XL Pipeline. During the public hearings, interested parties will be afforded the opportunity to present their views, opinions and information on the proposed project. Hearing dates are scheduled for Sept. 28, 2020, MT; Sept. 29, 2020, SD and Oct. 1, 2020, NE. All three hearings will take place from 4-8 p.m. CST....
The proposed Keystone XL Pipeline Project (Project) within the United States would be located in Montana, South Dakota, and Nebraska, connecting to the existing Keystone Cushing Extension pipeline, which extends from Steele City, NE, to Cushing, OK. In total, the Project would consist of approximately 1,209 miles of new, 36-inch-diameter pipeline, with approximately 327 miles of pipeline in Canada and approximately 882 miles in the United States (US). The project would cross the international border between Saskatchewan, Canada, and the US...
Washington, DC - The United States Supreme Court declined a request from TC Energy and the Trump administration to allow Keystone XL to proceed under Nationwide Permit 12, a key water-crossing permit for pipelines that a district court found unlawful. The court also issued a partial stay of the district court’s decision as it applies to other pipelines while a full appeal of the decision moves forward. In April, the U.S. District Court in Montana ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers violated bedrock environmental law when it issued N...
Originally published by the Montana Free Press A Montana federal court judge blocked the Keystone XL oil pipeline from crossing bodies of water pending further federal permitting on Wednesday. On Thursday, the same judge heard arguments in additional lawsuits seeking to halt the pipeline's construction. The Wednesday ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Brian Morris revoked a key U.S. Army Corps of Engineers water-crossing permit that a coalition of environmental groups said was granted in...
Helena, MT — On Friday, the Nebraska Supreme Court affirmed the Nebraska Public Service Commission’s approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline route. The Montana Chamber of Commerce released the following statement. “This is exciting news, as the Keystone XL pipeline is critical infrastructure that will enhance the energy sector in Montana and North America,” said Todd O’Hair, Montana Chamber of Commerce president/CEO. “In addition to providing safe, good-paying and local jobs in Montana, it will be a great economic boost for the state. We a...
On June 21, commissioners from Blaine, Carbon, Carter, Dawson, Fallon, Fergus, Garfield, McCone, Musselshell, Phillips, Pondera, Prairie, Richland, Roosevelt, Rosebud, Sheridan, Toole, Wibaux and Yellowstone counties met in Lewistown for the annual meeting of the Montana Association of Oil, Gas, and Coal Counties. The ironic lack of representation from Petroleum County is somewhat indicative of the current state of oil and gas development in Montana. In addition to the attending commissioners we...
One of the key factors in the survival of the Bakken oil patch in the future will be affordable transportation options. Bakken producers receive lower realized prices for their output due to the transportation costs associated with moving the product as well as the difficulty in storing it. This issue has been a persistent problem for years, but crude by rail has helped make the issue less problematic over time. Pipelines are the next step for the Bakken if it is to become a sustainable long-term oil producing area. Yet putting in a simple...
Meeting Aug. 31, one day prior to the annual meeting of Montana Petroleum Association, Crowley Fleck PLLP held a seven-hour seminar focused on areas relating to oil, gas and mining law. Uriah Price, an Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Department associate, provided the more than 135 attendees with updates on case law from Montana and North Dakota pertaining to mineral and surface ownership, including pooling interests, royalties and probate. He serves on the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation's Young Professionals Committee, and...
MOUNT CARBON, WV: A train carrying more than 3 million gallons of crude oil from North Dakota’s Bakken shale derailed in a snowstorm in an unincorporated area near Mount Carbon, West Virginia on Tuesday, February 17, 2015, shooting flames into the sky and evacuating hundreds of nearby residents from their homes. At this time, it is unsure how many gallons out of the 3 million gallons of crude oil onboard spilled into a Kanawha River tributary. According to the train company, CSX, one h...
Isn't it amazing that the Keystone XL pipeline has been being "studied" by federal agencies for over six years, yet the EPA is giving Americans only 180 days to look at the impacts of their overhaul of our entire national energy system? Sometimes Washington, DC works in mysterious ways. And sometimes the mystery happens in Montana as well. In record time, the Montana Department of Environmental Quality has cranked out not one, but five plans for how Montana could comply with the EPA's proposed...
There are several reasons Montana is lagging behind neighboring states when it comes to oil and gas development. While North Dakota maintains nearly 200 drilling rigs at any given time, Montana has struggled to keep rigs running. North Dakota issued over 2,500 drilling permits last year. Montana issued only 297. Considering these numbers, it should come as no surprise that North Dakota is producing around a million barrels a day, while Montana pumps out less than 80,000 barrels a day. So what gives? Taxes, access, geology and regulatory...
Senator John Walsh today introduced legislation to authorize the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline and reform approval of future infrastructure projects to prevent the President from unilaterally stopping projects from moving forward. The Removing Repeated Executive Delays to Transboundary Approvals of Pipelines and Engineering Act – Removing RED TAPE Act – identifies critical infrastructure projects that have become politicized, removes authority for making decisions on those projects from the President, and delegates that res...
The public is invited to an April 1, 2014 armchair discussion on the importance of energy and the Keystone XL Pipeline moderated by Yellowstone County Commissioner Bill Kennedy, with special guests, Rear Admiral Donald P. Loren, U.S. Navy (Ret.), former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Security Integration, and Montana Attorney General Tim Fox. The discussion will be held at Metra Park Expo Center, 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. There will be a luncheon buffet hosted by Barb Skelton and the Montana Energy Forum, served by Wine Market...
“The Northern Plains Resource Council believes that careful analysis of the just-released final Environmental Impact Statement will show that it is far short of demonstrating that the Keystone XL pipeline would be in the national interest,” said Darrell Garoutte, a Northern Plains member and rancher whose land would be crossed by the pipeline in McCone County, Montana. “The release of the final EIS means that it is now time for citizens, especially in the affected states with so much to lose, to speak up and let Secretary Kerry and President Ob...
“The Northern Plains Resource Council believes that careful analysis of the just-released final Environmental Impact Statement will show that it is far short of demonstrating that the Keystone XL pipeline would be in the national interest,” said Darrell Garoutte, a Northern Plains member and rancher whose land would be crossed by the pipeline in McCone County, Montana. “The release of the final EIS means that it is now time for citizens, especially in the affected states with so much to lose, to speak up and let Secretary Kerry and Presi...
