Category: pipeline

Biden Administration Weighs Shutting Another Pipeline, White House Confirms

The Biden administration is reviewing shutting a pipeline in Michigan after anonymously sourced reports said federal officials were quietly studying its potential environmental impact, a White House spokeswoman confirmed on Nov. 8. When pressed by a reporter during a news conference, White House deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre disputed reports saying President Joe Biden was going to terminate…


Investors Will Continue to Favour US Oil and Gas Sector Over Canada’s: Study

The Canadian oil and gas sector will likely see investors continue to head south to the United States due to Canada’s higher taxes, more restrictive regulatory regime, and lack of pipeline capacity, a Fraser Institute study suggests. “Financial capital is mobile, so policy-makers in Canada must understand that government policies have helped facilitate the flight…


Orange County DA Calls for Immediate Inspection on All Oil Pipelines

Following the 144,000-gallon oil spill into the ocean off the coast of Huntington Beach, Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer called on the U.S. Dept. of Transportation’s Office of Pipeline Safety to immediately inspect all Orange County oil pipelines for structural vulnerabilities, according to a statement from Spitzer’s office. In an open letter to the…


California’s ‘Surf City USA’ Beach Reopens After Oil Spill

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—A Southern California beach that was closed more than a week ago because of a leak of crude oil from an undersea pipeline reopened on Monday, far sooner than many expected. Huntington Beach’s city and state beaches reopened after officials said water quality tests revealed no detectable levels of oil associated toxins in…


California’s Oil Spill May Have Been Caused by Hooked Anchor

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—Preliminary findings of the massive oil spill off the coast of Huntington Beach show it may have been caused by a ship’s anchor. Federal transportation investigators said Oct. 5 the spill was possibly “caused by an anchor that hooked the pipeline, causing a partial tear,” according to the Associated Press. “We do not…


Officials: Orange County Oil Spill May Have Been Caused by Hooked Anchor

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—Preliminary findings of the massive oil spill off the coast of Huntington Beach show it may have been caused by a ship’s anchor. Federal transportation investigators said Oct. 5 the spill was possibly “caused by an anchor that hooked the pipeline, causing a partial tear,” according to the Associated Press. “We do not…


Orange County Oil Spill May Have Been Caused by Hooked Anchor

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—Preliminary findings of the massive oil spill off the coast of Huntington Beach show it may have been caused by a ship’s anchor. Federal transportation investigators said Oct. 5 the spill was possibly “caused by an anchor that hooked the pipeline, causing a partial tear,” according to the Associated Press. “We do not…


Dakota Access Pipeline Operator Faces $93,000 in Fines, Transportation Department Says

The operators of the Dakota Access pipeline will face $93,200 in fines due to safety violations, according to a Friday Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration notice. Energy Transfer, the company that operated the Dakota Access pipeline, violated regulations in at least six locations because the valves used for drainage of stormwater…


Ukraine Fights Rearguard Action Against Nord Stream 2 After US and Germany Unveil Deal

KYIV—Ukraine has started official consultations with the European Union and Germany about Nord Stream 2, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Wednesday, ratcheting up Kyiv’s opposition to the pipeline which it says is a threat to Europe’s security. Kuleba said official notes to Brussels and Berlin had already been sent. He made the statement minutes…


NTD Business Full Broadcast (July 21)

The one trillion dollar infrastructure spending deal fails in its first vote in the senate, but some senators backing the bill remain hopeful of another chance soon. The FBI says hackers working for the Chinese communist party targeted dozens of American pipeline companies between 2012 and 2013. And they wanted to damage the pipelines. Netflix,…