Dakota Access pipeline poised to flow oil within weeks as project roars ahead of schedule

After months of protest-driven delays, the Dakota Access pipeline now is running ahead of schedule and expected to be ready to deliver oil as early as next month.
Attorneys for Energy Transfer Partners said in a court-ordered status report Thursday that the final 1,100-foot section is nearly finished, which would enable the 1,172-mile, four-state pipeline to begin operations months ahead of estimates.
“Dakota Access reports that the pilot hole is complete,” said the report, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court. “The company is currently reaming the hole — i.e., making it larger in order to accept the pipe. As of now, Dakota Access estimates and targets that the pipeline will be complete and ready to flow oil anywhere between the week of March 6, 2017, and April 1, 2017.”
Standing in the way are the Standing Rock Sioux and Cheyenne River Sioux, who have filed a lawsuit to stop the project pending the completion of an environmental impact study by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
12 Comments
Webb
Posted on February 27, 2017 at 3:25 pm
Keep it flowing…Oil, Oil, Oil its keeps America Running…
Wind Turbines and Solar Panels will not Work on My Car…
LET IT FLOW…★★★
Askjrsk
Posted on February 27, 2017 at 12:26 pm
Oh my fuel for Prisuses and to keep houses warm and cool. How Berkshire-Hathaway Warren Buffet must be losing it over his big loss of transporting it by rail. When it spills the money to be made in the clean up. Poor Warren Buffet. Hope he’s out picketing!
Jean Langford M.
Posted on February 27, 2017 at 11:06 am
GOOD NEWS…OPEC IS PISSED….TRYING INTIMIDATION, THREATS AND THEIR OWN BRAND OF FAKE NEWS TO STOP OUR ENERGY INDEPENDENCE….THEY DON’T LIKE THAT “MONKEY RENCH”: SCREWING UP THEIR PROFITS AND QUOTAS……LOL…LOL…
ArcticGrayling
Posted on February 27, 2017 at 2:53 pm
We can be sure that those sand niggers are thinking frst and foremost of our environment.
Right?
Jean Langford M.
Posted on February 27, 2017 at 4:09 pm
I AM SORRY MR. GRAYLING…I’M NOT SURE OF THE INTENT OF YOUR RESPONSE..IF IT IS A SARCASTIC REFRENCE TO OUR PETROLIUM COMPANIES AND THE ENVIORNMENT THAT YOU (I THINK) ARE ALLUDING TOO…OR IS IT SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON WITH THAT POST IN REPLY TO ME…FURTHER CLARIFICATION IF YOU PLEASE SIR …SO I MAY RESPOND IN KIND…..FURTHER: I DO “NOT” EVEN REFER TO THE MUSLIMS AS “NIGGERS” WHOM I HATE WITH A PASSION FOR THEIR BRUTALITY AND SADDISTIC POLICIES..INCLUDING MURDERING IN THE NAME OF A GOD THAT SUPPOSIDLY CONDONES THAT KIND OF SHIT…..LET ME BE CLEAR…I DO “NOT” USE THAT “N” WORD …PERIOD…..IT IS OFFENSIVE TO MY BLACK BROTHERS WHO FOUGHT ALONG SIDE ME IN VIETNAM WHO WERE TORN TO PIECES, WOUNDED AND OR DIED SO THAT WE CAN SPOUT OFF UNDER THE 2ND AMENDMENT OF FREE SPEECH OUR PROFANITY AND DISREGARD THE BULLSHIT OF SOCIAL DECOURUM AND INTERNET DECORUM UNDER THE GUISE OF POLITICAL CORRECT SPEECH WHICH STIFLES FREE SPEECH……..IT IS DEMEANING TO THEM AND ME…I HATE RAG HEADS (MUSLIMS) FOR WHAT THEY CONTINUE TO DO TO *INNOCENT PEOPLE INCLUDING THEIR OWN CHILDREN AND WIVES…..I HOPE SIR YOU WILL CLARIFY YOUR REPLY TO MY POST…
ArcticGrayling
Posted on February 27, 2017 at 9:52 pm
Sorry.
From now on I will just call them goat fucking pedophiles.
Jean Langford M.
Posted on February 28, 2017 at 9:53 am
THANK YOU MR. GRAYLING…THEY (MUSLIM KILLERS) ARE INDEED EXACTLY THAT….MY FELLOW BLACK VETERANS MEN AND WOMEN APPRECIATE YOU MORE THAN YOU KNOW…GOD BLESS…TAKE CARE….THANKS FOR “STANDING WITH US….”
justinwachin
Posted on February 27, 2017 at 10:10 am
The pipeline should be able to move oil much more safely and with less pollution than what would happen if trucks were used.
Askjrsk
Posted on February 27, 2017 at 12:26 pm
Absolutely
David Wheelock
Posted on February 27, 2017 at 9:29 am
to the protester that left those two puppies hope you die
Rick D.
Posted on February 27, 2017 at 8:53 am
Great news!! Keep it flowing! It’s amazing how much Trump has been able to accomplish in slightly over a month considering that the wimpy, whiny liberals are setting up obstacles along the way…along with the lame-stream media.
Askjrsk
Posted on February 27, 2017 at 12:27 pm
Yes. GO PRESIDENT DONE TRUMP!