Energy Transfer LP has received approval from the Illinois Commerce Commission to expand its 570,000-b/d Dakota Access crude oil pipeline to 1.1-million b/d.
Energy Transfer LP has received approval from the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) to expand its 570,000-b/d Dakota Access crude oil pipeline to 1.1-million b/d. The ICC said the project would promote both security and convenience for the general public.
Energy Transfer expects to have the expansion complete by third-quarter 2021. The company earlier this month began work on a new pumping station in Emmons County, ND.
Both the approval and ETP’s planned schedule come despite on ongoing suit in US District Court for the District of Columbia attempting to force Dakota Access to cease operations while its environmental permitting is reviewed (OGJ Online, Aug. 27, 2020).
Dakota Access runs more than 1,000 miles from Bakken shale in North Dakota to a pipeline and refining hub at Patoka, Ill. Connections there take oil as far as the US Gulf Coast.