Oil Transport Tracker (Beta)
Oil Transport Tracker, which is under development, provides key legal documents and decisions, as well as news and analysis of proposed North American oil pipeline projects.
Keystone XL Pipeline
Legal Documents
- Record of Decision – The U.S. Department of State denies TransCanada’s application for a Presidential Permit
- Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
- Executive Summary
- 0.0 Volume I – Front Cover, Title Page, and Table of Contents
- 1.0- Introduction
- 1.2- Background
- 1.3- Overview of Proposed Project
- 1.4- Purpose and Need
- 1.5- Market Analysis
- 2.0- Description of the Proposed Project and Alternatives
- 2.1- Overview of the Proposed Project
- 2.2- Description of Reasonable Alternatives
- 4.13- Potential Releases
- 4.14- Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change
- 4.15- Cumulative Effects Assessment and Extraterritorial Concerns
- 4.16- Summary of Impacts
- 0.0 Volume IV- Front Cover, Title Page, and Table of Contents
- 5.0- Alternatives
- 5.1- No Action Alternative
- 5.2- Route Alternatives
- 5.3- Comparison of Alternatives
- 6.0- List of Preparers
- 7.0- Distribution List
- 8.0- Index
Legal Challenges
- TransCanada Lawsuit
- Thompson v. Heineman – Nebraska court upholds Nebraska pipeline-siting process
News
Law Blog Posts
- Energy Law Professor Blog: TransCanada Sues U.S. Government for Rejecting Keystone Pipeline
- Energy Law Professor Blog: Keystone XL Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement: GHG Analysis & Next Steps
- Energy Law Professor Blog: Obama Climate Speech Sets New Standard for Keystone Pipeline
Gulf Coast Project
Legal Challenges
- Bishop v. Bostick – Eminent Domain Complaint
- Sierra Club et al. v. United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1:13-cv-01239-KBJ, Order on Pls. Mot. for a Prelim. Inj. (D.D.C Nov. 13, 2013)
Law Blog Posts
- Energy Law Professor Blog: Eighty Percent of Success is Showing Up: or “How a Pro Se Farmer Won a Default Against the United States in His Suit to Invalidate the Permit for Half of Keystone XL (& Why It Probably Won’t Last)”
Energy East Pipeline
Law Blog Posts
- Energy Law Professor Blog: TransCanada’s Other Pipeline Problem: Can Provinces Impose Conditions on Energy East?
Northern Gateway Pipeline
Legal Documents
- Report of the Joint Review Panel for the Enbridge Gateway Project- Volume 1
- Report of the Joint Review Panel for the Enbridge Gateway Project- Volume 2
- 1- Principles, Considerations, and Disposition
- 2- Determining the Canadian public interest
- 3- Public consultation processes
- 4- Aboriginal interests and consultation with Aboriginal groups
- 5- Public safety and risk management
- 6- Environmental behaviour of products to be transported by the project
- 7- Emergency prevention, preparedness, and response
- 8- Environmental assessment
- 9- People and communities
- 10- Need for the project and economic feasibility
- 11- Financial, tariff, and tolling matters
- Appendices
Legal Challenges
- Coastal First Nations v. British Columbia (Environment) – British Columbia Supreme Court rules that B.C. government failed to properly consult First Nations and must make its own decision on the environmental impact of the pipeline
- Written arguments of applicants in legal challenges to Northern Gateway approval
Law Blog Posts
- ABlawg: An Update on the Northern Gateway Litigation
- ABlawg: British Columbia and the Northern Gateway Pipeline
Sandpiper Pipeline
Legal Challenges
- Certificate of Need & Pipeline Routing Permit – Minnesota court of appeals reverses and remands decision on certificate of need and pipeline routing permit
Line 9 Reversal
Legal Documents
- Reasons for Decision– National Energy Board approves Line 9 reversal
News
Alberta Clipper Expansion
Legal Documents
- Letter from Brennan to Coburn – Correspondence between US Department of State and attorney for Enbridge
Legal Challenges
- White Earth Nation v. Kerry – Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief
Courtesy of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, available here.