Canadian energy giant Enbridge now has gained two court rulings allowing work to proceed on its disputed $2.6-billion Minnesota oil pipeline replacement project, but political actions could still cloud completion of Line 3 work amid President Joe Biden’s first-day decision last month to cancel the cross-border Keystone XL line.
Precision Pipeline, a unit of U.S. contractor MasTec, began construction Dec. 1 on the Enbridge Minnesota section. The rulings upheld two denials in December by state regulators to halt construction. Nearby tribes and environmental group opponents want the Biden administration to stop all work by revoking its federal water-crossing permit.