Pipeline developers are taking stock of potential delays, and opportunities to fight back in court, after federal judges on Thursday refused to reinstate a critical permit used for Keystone XL and other projects.
“There are various stages of disappointment in the industry because of how far-reaching the impacts are,” said Houston energy lawyer Brandon M. Tuck of Vinson & Elkins LLP.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rejected requests from the Trump administration and the industry to lift a lower court’s order barring the use of a streamlined program called Nationwide Permit 12 for new oil and ...