Dakota Access Pipeline Seeks Lifeline from D.C. Appeals Court

Developers of the Dakota Access pipeline are turning to a federal appeals court to avert an unprecedented shutdown of the oil pipeline.

Energy Transfer LP lawyers on Friday filed an emergency request for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to freeze a lower court’s order requiring the project to stop operating by Aug. 5. Dakota Access has been in service for three years, moving crude from North Dakota to Illinois.

• District Judge James E. Boasberg ordered the shutdown in a surprise July 6 decision, requiring Energy Transfer to empty the pipeline of oil while the ...