Regulations & standards

The National Energy Board has responded to the oil and gas pipeline oversight audit.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has pledged to require that environmental reviews of oil pipelines consider greenhouse gas effects.

The Shuman Law Firm has begun investigating Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. to determine whether the company has breached its fiduciary duties of pipeline operation and safety regulations.

TransCanada's Energy East pipeline project has been causing more debates between politicians, environmentalists and aboriginal groups. Hearings to decide on the fate of the pipeline project are expected in 2016.

FERC has initiated investigations of four interstate pipeline companies’ rates.

Spectra Energy’s Algonquin pipeline project sparks debates over fossil fuels, environmental damages and energy costs in the US.

A formal complaint has been made to the FERC concerning Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company's Northeast Energy Direct pipeline.

Pengrowth Energy Corporation has been fined after a 48 day oil spill in Alberta.

Intervenors in the Trans Mountain expansion project will begin presenting oral summary arguments in Burnaby next week.

The decision is seen as a major victory for First Nations that could have an impact on future oil pipeline projects.

Many people have been calling for Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to postpone Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline hearing, stating that he has not kept his promises regarding pipeline regulatory processes. Soon, the National Energy Board will hold hearings on the project, and by May 2016, the decision on whether to approve it or not should be made.

Lloyd’s Register Energy has assessed Pacific Gas and Electric Company under API RP 1173 and found no major non-conformances for its network of pipelines serving a 70 000-square-mile service area in northern and central California.

TransCanada expects to record an estimated CAN$2.5 - $2.9 billion write-down as result of the US Administration’s denial of a Presidential permit.

Trelleborg’s bend restrictors receive API 17L1 certificate of manufacture approval.

FERC staff issues a final environmental impact statement on the Southeast Market Pipelines Project.