Saw this coming. Royal Dutch Shell caves under to Russian pressure selling controlling interest to state owned gas monopoly Gazprom. Japanese investors Mitsui and Mitsubishi are also expected to sell about half of their equity stake in the Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project. As noted last week, the ex-communists utilize Natural Resources Minister Yuri Trutnev and a series of environmental regulations, citations and work shut downs to force this end result. It is of some interest then, when the Wisconsin DNR puts out public notice a legless lizard lies in the new pipeline path.
Pipeline expansion may result in incidental taking of rare lizard: MADISON – The construction of a portion of a 321-mile long 42 inch-diameter underground liquid petroleum pipeline and a 20 inch-diameter diluent return line across the state of Wisconsin could result in the incidental taking of a type of lizard listed as endangered species under state law.
Enbridge Inc: The Enbridge-GPP Alliance Agreement will mean that hundreds of skilled workers, many of whom are local residents in Wisconsin and Illinois, will work over the next three years on these major expansions to the nation's energy infrastructure," Burgess noted. "Overall, these projects and this construction contract are a win-win for workers, local contractors and consumers, who will benefit from this boost in the region's secure access to vital North American petroleum resources, while complying with environmental permits and safety standards."