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Alberta keeps oil curtailment; court backs state on Keystone XL route approval

Alberta extends oil production curtailment for a year, increases exemption

Alberta's government has extended a cap on crude output by a year amid dismal prospects for the easing of pipeline bottlenecks. The recently elected United Conservative Party government has decided to extend the production cap through Dec. 31, 2021. The government boosted the exemption for small producers to 20,000 barrels per day from 10,000 bbl/d, according to an Aug. 20 statement. The increase will reduce the number of companies covered by the curtailment to 16 from 29.

Nebraska Supreme Court sides with regulator on Keystone XL route approval

The Nebraska Supreme Court affirmed the Nebraska Public Service Commission's approval of a route that the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline could take through the state. Project developer TC Energy Corp. had submitted three possible routes for the state commission's consideration, and the commission in November 2017 greenlit an alternative route that avoided the Nebraska Sandhills, which is designated as an ecologically important region by the state's Department of Environmental Quality.

Tribe calls for shutdown of Dakota Access pipeline amid planned expansion

In another attempt to challenge the Dakota Access LLC oil pipeline, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe asked a federal court to halt operations at the Energy Transfer LP-led project until a full environmental review is completed. The Standing Rock Sioux said that during the reevaluation of the easement, the Army Corps "never engaged with the tribe or its technical experts, shared critical information, or responded to the tribe's concerns."

Judge throws out Columbia Gas suit against Maryland over pipeline easements

A federal court ruled against Columbia Gas Transmission LLC on Aug. 21, denying the company's motion against Maryland after the state refused to give the company a pipeline land easement on public land. The judge in the case found that the developer did not have the right to file suit against Maryland because the state has immunity under the 11th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which limits federal courts' authority in cases against states.

MEG Energy asks Canada to delay switch from Enbridge mainline tolling

Canadian oil sands producer MEG Energy Corp. has joined a chorus of smaller companies asking Canada's energy regulator to slow down the process to convert Enbridge Inc.'s mainline system to long-term contracting from common carrier status. "It is MEG's position that Enbridge's contract carriage proposal should be abandoned, as it is not in the overall public interest," MEG President and CEO Derek Evans said in the Aug. 16 letter.

Report: Cameron LNG could pay $41,600 fine for unreported leaks at La. facility

The U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration notified Sempra Energy subsidiary Cameron LNG LLC that it could pay a civil penalty of $41,600 for two unreported leaks at its export terminal in Hackberry, La., according to an Aug. 19 report from KALB-TV, a Louisiana-based news station. The administration said the two LNG leaks happened in the first half of the year, with the first occurring Jan. 9 "during commissioning activities of [boil off gas] compressors," and the second on May 15 at the southeast corner of the facility's first natural gas liquefaction train, according to the report.