Posted on 02/22/2017 12:26:44 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
On the eve of the deadline for anti-Dakota Access Pipeline protesters to vacate camps in North Dakota, the company in charge of construction said in a court filing on Tuesday that oil could start flowing in as early as two weeks, beating previous estimates.
Texas-based developer Energy Transfer Partners, the builder of the pipeline whose construction has sparked protests since last August over its location, said in the filing to the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., that the company "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."
The court filing was required as part of an ongoing legal battle that is challenging the construction at the site by Lake Oahe....
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First, the law will have to scrape up drag out and tow away all the remaining protestors. Trump won’t get away with fire hosing them away as Obama did.
Yay!
Energy independence is a GOOD thing :-)
Who needs the evil Saudis? Let them eat their after 9-11 we shoulda kicked their ass and took their gas!
I’m getting tired of winning.
tons and tons of garbage and waste left over from these “protestors”. Pictures of the mess are on the local news nightly. Deadline for being off the Fed land coming quickly, Spring thaw in full gear, some waste will hit the river.
The entire fiasco will end up costing the state of N.Dak near 30 million. All because Obama handcuffed the Corp of eng. hands on land enforcement. Anyone else would’ve been fined or in jail withing 48 hrs.
:-)
Tired of winning?
Nope.
No, drilling is ongoing with out protester interference. Finish the pipeline and let the protesters stay and get washed away in the spring run off if they want.
They should take their damn time building the pipeline securely & not take just 2 damn weeks! Take a month or two!
Obama had 400 FBI agents assassinate Finicum. Why not fire hose a few smelly protesters?
nom no, go take a nap. then regroup ;)
I think they are bulldozing the protest camps today.
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