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| Energy Transfer: So Close! - Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (NYSE:ETP) | -8 | 2016-10-04 16:30:28+00 | It was interesting to see that refined products inventories increased only slightly, despite volumes falling so substantially. Energy Transfer Partners (NYSE:ETP) has one of the most attractive yields on the current market of approximately 11%. In light of the above 11% current yield, if Energy Transfer were to close the margin on its losses experienced since early August to wrap up 2016, shareholders would be compensated with about an 18% total return. The Alerian MLP's current yield is 8.60%, seen below. Click to enlargeSource: StockChartsRefined Products Weighing Down ETPOne of the other important things I've noticed is that the recent 10-Q really showed the damage that refined products have done to ETP's top-line. | ETP | {"Brandon Dempster"} | 333 |
| How Can We Support Standing Rock Now? | -7 | 2016-12-10 00:15:52+00 | Three big things have happened recently that change a lot about what's needed at Standing Rock. Resilience for the days aheadWhen I talked to people at Standing Rock, I felt the trauma and pain but also the resolve. That resolve can energize us and inspire as we take the lessons of Standing Rock home. Read more from Sarah's coverage of Standing Rock, here:Dear Chase Bank. If yours are still in North Dakota, contact elected officials, write to local papers and local blogs, and contact local media to object to law enforcement involvement at Standing Rock. | ETP | {"Follow Sarah Van Gelder On Twitter","Co-founder Editor At Large Yes Magazine","Www Twitter Com Sarahvangelder","Sarah Van Gelder The Staff Of Yes Magazine","Sarah Van Gelder"} | 1051 |
| Energy Transfer Partners LP and Three of Its Subsidiaries to Pay a $10 Million Penalty to Settle CFTC Action Alleging Attempted Manipulation of Natural Gas Prices | -20 | None | The vast majority of the physical HSC natural gas transactions and the financial basis swaps at issue in the complaint were executed on ICE. The defendants were charged with attempting to manipulate natural gas prices at the Houston Ship Channel (HSC) delivery hub. The order arises from a CFTC complaint filed on July 26, 2007 (see Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Energy Transfer Partners, et al., 3:07-cv-01301 [N.D. The complaint further alleged that the defendants engaged in this scheme in an attempt to benefit their financial basis swap positions tied to the Inside FERC October and December 2005 HSC natural gas index prices. The order imposes a permanent injunction against all defendants and requires them to pay the civil monetary penalty jointly and severally. | ETP | {} | 349 |
| Revealed: Energy Transfer Partners' 'Pipeline-for-Prostitute' Landman | -22 | 2015-05-29 02:17:33+00 | The land agent who allegedly made the offer is Stephen Titus, a Senior Right-of-Way Agent who works for the Texas company Contract Land Staff, which was contracted by Energy Transfer Partners. I think the name of the company is Contract Land Staff. Representatives from Contract Land Staff did not respond to questions sent by email about Titus from DeSmogBlog. "On May 22, DeSmogBlog asked Fallon to verify if he remembered the land agent giving his name as Stephen Titus. Contract Land StaffContract Land Staff is a contracting company that works at the behest of pipeline corporations like Energy Transfer Partners to secure easements and right-of-way agreements with landowners to open up private farmland for proposed pipelines. | ETP | {"Steve Horn","Follow Steve Horn On Twitter","Www Twitter Com Steveahorn","Research Fellow"} | 350 |
| Sunoco, behind protested Dakota pipeline, tops U.S. crude spill charts | -33 | 2016-09-23 21:16:09+00 | "Since the current leadership team took over in 2012, Sunoco Pipeline has enhanced and improved our integrity management program," Sunoco spokesman Jeffrey Shields told Reuters by email. The tribe fears the line could destroy sacred sites during construction and that a future oil spill might pollute its drinking water. The EPA said the settlement aimed to "improve the safety of Sunoco's practices and to enhance its oil spill preparedness and response. The lands of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe sit a half mile south of the proposed route of the Dakota Access pipeline. REUTERS/Lucy NicholsonProtesters demonstrate against the Energy Transfer Partners' Dakota Access oil pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation, in Los Angeles, California, September 13, 2016. | ETP | {"Liz Hampton"} | 351 |
| Energy Transfer Advances on Dakota Pipeline, Protests Grow | -35 | 2016-10-11 00:00:00 | Energy Transfer Partners owns the Dakota Access project jointly with Phillips 66 and Sunoco Logistics Partners LP. Last month, Chief Executive Officer Kelcy Warren said Energy Transfer would take its battle to Washington where it would meet with officials "to understand their position. Industry groups maintain that Energy Transfer has correctly followed the permitting process, and that the Obama administration’s last-minute interference is an unprecedented action that will affect other infrastructure projects. Energy Transfer Partners LP is moving forward with construction of the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline, rejecting the Obama administration’s request that it voluntarily halt some work on the $3.8 billion project. TransCanada’s proposed Energy East oil pipeline and natural-gas lines in the Northeastern U.S. have also faced criticism. | ETP | {"More Stories Meenal Vamburkar","Meenal Vamburkar"} | 1052 |
| Half of Williams’s Board Resigns After Vote to Oust C.E.O. Falls Short | -10 | 2016-07-01 00:00:00 | The moves followed the dismantling of its $38 billion merger with Energy Transfer Equity earlier in the week over a tax issue. Energy Transfer wanted out, and discovered in late March an issue with the offer’s tax-free status, which enabled it to terminate the deal. News of the board resignations was first reported by The Wall Street Journal. The board members who stepped down included the two activists on the board: Keith Meister of Corvex Management and Eric Mandelblatt of Soroban Capital Partners. Frank MacInnis, the independent director chairman of Williams, also stepped down, but largely because of personal reasons, the people said. | ETP | {"Leslie Picker"} | 522 |
| Donald Trump Will Review Dakota Access Pipeline Plan | -18 | 2016-12-05 12:19:34 | They said they had no plans to leave because they anticipate heated opposition from Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) and the incoming administration. The company building the pipeline, Energy Transfer Partners, said late on Sunday that it had no plans to reroute the line, and expected to complete the project. North Dakota Congressman Kevin Cramer, a Republican who has advised Trump on energy policy, said the decision ignored the rule of law. Standing Rock Chairman Dave Archambault II said in a statement on Sunday that he hoped ETP, North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple and Trump would respect the decision. + READ ARTICLE(CANNON BALL, N.D.) — Thousands of protesters in North Dakota celebrated the federal government’s ruling against a controversial pipeline project but girded for a protracted struggle as president-elect Donald Trump’s transition team said on Monday it supports the project and would review it after he takes office. | ETP | {"David Gaffen","Terray Sylvester","Ernest Scheyder"} | 1053 |
| McClendon’s Former Energy Unit to Discuss Debt Overhaul | -9 | 2016-08-26 00:00:00 | There have been 65 defaults by energy companies this year, S&P Global Ratings said in a report Thursday. A group of Ascent Resources-Marcellus LLC creditors is in talks with the company, a legacy of Aubrey McClendon’s American Energy Partners LP, to restructure $1.2 billion of debt, people with knowledge of the matter said. The firm also controls Permian Resources, an oil and gas producer created by American Energy Partners under McClendon, which has had most of its debt snapped up by distressed-debt investors including Apollo Global Management LLC in recent months. McClendon got most of his equity funding from Energy & Minerals Group, the Houston-based private equity firm that is among Ascent’s owners. The parent company was an operating unit of American Energy Partners LP, the deal boutique founded in 2013 by Aubrey McClendon after his ouster as chief executive officer of Chesapeake Energy Corp. It’s one of the largest pure-play Appalachian E&P operators, according to the company’s website. | ETP | {"Emma Orr"} | 514 |
| Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners' bank may withhold loans over Dakota Access pipeline issues | -10 | 2016-11-07 00:00:00 | Protests in Dallas and elsewhere against the Dakota Access pipeline have reached a bank in Norway. News reports say that the bank is backing the pipeline with $342.36 million in loans, about 10 percent of the project's costs. On Sunday, DNB released this statement:"DNB is concerned about how the situation surrounding the oil pipeline in North Dakota has developed. The bank's reaction could create a financing problem for the Dallas company building the pipeline. The bank is DNB. | ETP | {"Connect With Jeffrey Weiss","Energy Writer","Jeffrey Weiss"} | 1015 |
| Energy Transfer Partners LP's Key Bakken Pipeline Hits Another Roadblock -- The Motley Fool | -21 | 2016-11-15 00:00:00 | The delay is another setback for the pipeline's developer, Energy Transfer Partners (NYSE:ETP), which had initially hoped to complete it this year. These contracts will generate steady fee-based cash flow that Energy Transfer needs to support and grow investor distributions. A permanent halt to the project is not a fate that Energy Transfer Partners can afford given that it and its partners are investing $3.8 billion in the nearly complete project. At issue is the permit that Energy Transfer and its partners, Sunoco Logistics Partners (NYSE:SXL) and Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX), need to drill an easement tunnel beneath the lake to finish the pipeline. Investor takeawayEnergy Transfer continues to face a major roadblock in its attempts to complete its critical Bakken pipeline. | ETP | {"Matthew Is A Senior Energy Materials Specialist With The Motley Fool He Graduated The Liberty University With A Degree In Biblical Studies A Masters Of Business Administration You Can Follow Him On Twitter For The Latest News Analysis Of The Energy Materials Industries","Matthew Dilallo"} | 1011 |
| Energy Transfer says not slowing construction of North Dakota pipeline | -14 | 2016-11-08 22:48:31+00 | "To be clear, Dakota Access Pipeline has not voluntarily agreed to halt construction of the pipeline in North Dakota. Protester gather near a pipeline being built by a group of companies led by Energy Transfer Partners LP at a construction site in North Dakota before being confronted by police October 22, 2016. Army Corps spokesman Thomas O’Hara told Bloomberg News on Monday that the company had agreed to slow down construction, a statement Energy Transfer refuted. Photo courtesy Morton County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERSEnergy Transfer Partners LP on Tuesday said it was not slowing down construction of an oil pipeline in North Dakota that is contested by environmentalists and Native Americans groups. Citigroup Inc on Tuesday said it had discussed its concerns with Energy Transfer Partners and urged it to reach a resolution with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. | ETP | {"Liz Hampton"} | 1016 |
| Trump Vows Prompt Review of Rejection of Dakota Pipeline | -24 | 2016-12-04 00:00:00 | Activists celebrate with fireworks after learning an easement had been denied for the Dakota Access Pipeline on Dec. 4. President-elect Donald Trump backs the Dakota Access Pipeline and will review a decision by the Obama administration to deny a permit for the project, a spokesman said. Marathon Petroleum Corp. and Enbridge Energy Partners LP announced a venture in August that would also take a minority stake in the pipeline. The standoff over the Dakota Access pipeline is emblematic of a broader effort by environmentalists to stall those pipelines, which they say hurt the nation’s progress in reducing its reliance on fossil fuels. Trump has pledged to overhaul the nation’s energy policy in a way that favors oil and natural gas producers. | ETP | {"More Stories Meenal Vamburkar","Meenal Vamburkar","Ari Natter","More Stories Ari Natter"} | 1054 |
| Energy Transfer Partners sues to finish Dakota pipeline; Protests in U.S. cities | -7 | 2016-11-16 03:35:00+00 | Energy Transfer Partners sues to finish Dakota pipeline; Protests in U.S. cities Dallas-based company sues in effort to finish building project as activists protest itPhoto: Karen Warren, Staff Photographer Along with Houston, protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline...Energy Transfer Partners filed a lawsuit on Tuesday asking a federal court to let it finish building the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota without final approval from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, even as opponents protested the pipeline in Houston and across the country. | ETP | {"David Hunn","Jordan Blum"} | 1017 |
| U.S. Delays Dakota Pipeline as Trump Promises Quicker Review | -29 | 2016-11-14 00:00:00 | Cutting CostsEnergy Transfer Partners LP owns the project jointly with Phillips 66 and Sunoco Logistics Partners LP. Stars, ArrestsProtests against the Dakota Access pipeline have resulted in hundreds of arrests and drawn support from celebrities including actresses Shailene Woodley and Susan Sarandon. Dakota Access developer Energy Transfer Partners LP has found itself at the center of an intensifying debate over the need for new pipelines in the U.S. Energy Transfer has refused the Army Corps’ request to voluntarily slow construction until the federal review was complete. Marathon Petroleum Corp. and Enbridge Energy Partners LP announced a joint venture in August that would also take a minority stake in the pipeline. | ETP | {"Meenal Vamburkar"} | 1018 |
| It Might Be 2017 Before Dallas' Energy Transfer Partners Gets OK To Finish Dakota Pipeline | -8 | None | The Wolfcamp Shale located in the Permian Basin contains an estimated 20 billion barrels of oil, according to the agency. In August, the Standing Rock Sioux asked Boasberg to temporarily stop construction, and he ruled 12 business days after a hearing. The move was spurred by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Monday calling for more study and input from the Standing Rock Sioux. Dallas’ Energy Transfer Partners asked U.S. District Judge James Boasberg Tuesday to declare that it has the legal right to finish the $3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline project, The Associated Press reports. Protests against the pipeline have been ongoing for months on the Standing Rock reservation, outside Klyde Warren Park, through downtown Austin and across the country. | ETP | {"Molly Evans"} | 1019 |
| Blackstone in talks to buy stake in Energy Transfer assets | -8 | 2016-12-23 09:35:49+00 | Sunoco and Energy Transfer Partners are both controlled by general partner Energy Transfer Equity LP. Blackstone declined to comment while Energy Transfer Partners did not immediately respond to requests for comment. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid - RTSDKHEPrivate-equity firm Blackstone Group LP is in talks to buy a stake in assets owned by Energy Transfer Partners LP, the company building the controversial Dakota Access pipeline, a source familiar with the situation said on Thursday. Blackstone is discussing joining the deal with Jamie Welch, who previously served as chief financial officer of ETP parent Energy Transfer Equity LP. "U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, who until June had a stake in ETP, has said he is in favor of the pipeline project. | ETP | {"Divya Grover","Lauren Hirsch"} | 1055 |
| Trump Closely Tied to Energy Transfer Partners, Operators of the Dakota Access Oil Pipeline | -22 | 2016-10-26 00:00:00 | The Guardian is reporting new details about Donald Trump’s close financial ties to Energy Transfer Partners, operators of the Dakota Access oil pipeline. Topics: NATORussiaTrump: Clinton Could Start World War III in Syria Donald Trump warned in an interview on Tuesday that Hillary Clinton’s policy on Syria could lead to World War III. And, look, with her you’ll end up in World War III. Kelcy Warren, the chief executive of Energy Transfer Partners, has given just over $100,000 to elect Trump and another $67,000 to the Republican National Committee. Sheriff and police departments each pay upward of $1 million a year for access to the call records. | ETP | {} | 1020 |
| Energy Transfer and the Art of Transference | -7 | 2016-11-22 00:00:00 | Despite holding distributions flat for the past year, Energy Transfer Partners still can't fund payouts from its operating cash flow:Cracked Pipe Energy Transfer Partners is struggling to cover distributions to unitholders from operating cash flow Source: Bloomberg IntelligenceKeeping Energy Transfer Partners' credit rating at investment grade -- it's perched on the edge right now -- is paramount to keeping regulators and clients onside. Third, more philosophically, if this sort of deal is required to reap synergies from the various bits of the Energy Transfer group, then what exactly is the benefit of the Energy Transfer group? The latest one, whereby Sunoco Logistics Partners LP will buy Energy Transfer Partners LP for about $21 billion, is Warren's biggest since Energy Transfer Equity LP's ill-fated tilt at The Williams Cos. Inc., which collapsed earlier this year. The key one is its general partner interest in Energy Transfer Partners. Multiply that by 1.5, and Energy Transfer Partners' investors will see their quarterly payout drop from $1.06 to 77 cents -- a cut of 27 percent. | ETP | {"Liam Denning"} | 1021 |
| Energy Transfer Partners' Results Drive Need For The SXL Merger - Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (NYSE:ETP) | -24 | 2016-11-22 16:19:08+00 | For purposes of calculating adjusted EBITDA, ETP includes its proportionate share of SUN's adjusted EBITDA, after deducting the general partner's incentive distribution rights ("IDRs"). ETP unit holders will suffer a 27.5% drop in quarterly distributions (from $1.055 to $0.765). Overall, there was a 7.3% decrease in Adjusted EBITDA between 3Q15 and 3Q16. The segment's Adjusted EBITDA increased by $6 million primarily due to higher storage margins and natural gas sales. Adjusted EBITDA and DCF per unit have been declining for the last 6-7 consecutive quarters vs. the corresponding prior-year periods. | ETP | {"Wise Analysis","Ron Hiram"} | 1022 |
| Energy Transfer Partners Will Not Reroute Dakota Access Pipeline | -9 | None | Energy Transfer Partners (ETP), the company heading the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, said on Friday that it would not consider rerouting the controversial project, the Associated Press reports. "What he doesn't know is that this is still an issue for Standing Rock and all indigenous people. CEO Kelcy Warren said the firm saw no alternative than to continue construction on its $3.8 billion pipeline on its planned route. Over 450 protestors who have supported the Standing Rock tribe’s stance against the pipeline have been arrested in the past few weeks, mostly for trespassing and crimes related to demonstration activities. We're building at that location," Warren said, adding that Dakota Access construction had neared completion. | ETP | {"Korey Jackson","Zainab Calcuttawala","More Info","Zainab Calcuttawala Is An American Journalist Based In Morocco She Completed Her Undergraduate Coursework At The University Of Texas At Austin Hook Em Reports On"} | 1023 |
| Amid Reports of Lake Oahe Drill in Place, Energy Transfer Files Suit Against Army Corps | -35 | 2016-11-16 00:00:00 | In a statement, members of Congress asked that the USACE continue to consult with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. The tribe also alleges that DAPL construction has and will continue to destroy burial and sacred sites. Energy Transfer Partners and its co-developer, Sunoco Logistics Partners, are also asking the court to award them reimbursement for “reasonable costs including attorney’s fees in bringing this action,” according to the lawsuit. According to a statement from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, the lawsuit is an act of desperation on the part of the pipeline developers. Water protectors at the camps asserted this morning that last night DAPL workers put a drill in place on the drill pad abutting Lake Oahe. | ETP | {} | 1024 |
| Perry Bid for Trump Cabinet Raises Criticism Over Pipeline Role | -10 | 2016-11-22 00:00:00 | "Perry, who met with Donald Trump yesterday at Trump Tower in New York, has served as a director of the Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners since February 2015, according to the company’s website. Vicki Granado, an Energy Transfer spokeswoman confirmed that Perry remains on the board, but did not respond to request for comment on potential conflict of interest. Perry also serves on the board of Sunoco Logistics Partners LP, which announced Monday its intention to buy Energy Transfer Partners in a stock deal worth more than $21 billion. Representatives of Perry, Sunoco and the Trump transition didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Environmentalists say Perry’s position on the board of Energy Transfer Partners LP raises the specter of a conflict, especially if it falls to the Trump’s administration to make a final decision on the $3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline. | ETP | {"Ari Natter"} | 1025 |
| Energy Transfer keeps up legal pressure after pipeline defeat | -34 | 2016-12-07 02:37:06+00 | The Army Corps has wide discretion in this issue," said Jan Hasselman, a lawyer with Earthjustice, which is representing the Standing Rock Sioux. On Sunday, the federal government turned down ETP's request for an easement that will allow it to tunnel under the Missouri River, adjacent to the Standing Rock reservation. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonThe wind blows snow across highway 1806 as a blizzard hits the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, near Fort Yates, North Dakota, U.S., December 6, 2016. A state travel warning was issued on Monday, imploring people in southern North Dakota, including the area around Cannon Ball and the capital of Bismarck, to avoid travel. The pipeline, which is being built by Energy Transfer Partners, has been the subject of protests from the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and climate activists for months, due to its proximity to the tribe's reservation. | ETP | {"Mica Rosenberg","Ernest Scheyder"} | 1056 |
| Rerouting the Dakota Access Pipeline? Impact on Energy Transfer | -7 | None | The Dakota Access Pipeline and #NoDAPL: Market Impact PART 1 OF 2Rerouting the Dakota Access Pipeline? Market performanceRerouting would eventually impact Energy Transfer Partners’ market performance. The timely completion of DAPL project is very important for Energy Transfer to keep growing its cash flows and reduce leverage. This decision would increase the capital burden for Energy Transfer and other stakeholders. Energy Transfer Partners was still left with “$1.25 billion of own balance sheet capital funding needs” for the second half of 2016 after financing of the Bakken Pipeline project. | ETP | {"Kunal Gupta","Kurt Gallon"} | 1026 |
| Dakota Access company takes its battle to finish oil pipeline to court | -17 | 2016-12-06 00:00:00 | Jan Hasselman, a lawyer for the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, said that the pipeline company lacked a “strong argument” and that the filing was a “distraction”. The court filing came as thousands of activists remained at the Standing Rock encampments, despite being buffeted by a blizzard and a plea from a tribal council leader for them to return home. Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the Dakota Access pipeline, has responded to the Army Corps of Engineers’ denial of a key permit by asking a federal judge to allow it to drill under the Missouri river immediately. “The corps is in a better position to know what it did and did not do.”Neither Energy Transfer Partners, nor their lawyers, responded to a request for comment. Photograph: Lucas Jackson/ReutersThe permit denial was a major victory for the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, which feared that the pipeline would contaminate their water source and destroy sacred sites. | ETP | {"Julia Carrie Wong"} | 1057 |
| The Army Halted The Dakota Access Pipeline, But No One Is Sure What That Means | -17 | 2016-12-09 02:09:31+00 | The Department of the Army said it “will not approve an easement that would allow the proposed Dakota Access pipeline to cross under Lake Oahe in North Dakota,” Army Assistant Secretary Jo-Ellen Darcy said Sunday. “It would be surprising to say the least” if the disputed section gets built beneath Lake Oahe, Hasselman said. Stephanie Keith / Reuters The Standing Rock Sioux have been fighting to keep the pipeline from being routed beneath Lake Oahe. Energy Transfer Partners is likely to seek an EIS that just examines the small area around Lake Oahe, according to Hayes. FORT YATES, N.D. — Supporters of the Standing Rock Sioux rejoiced when the Army announced it would not allow construction of the final piece of the Dakota Access pipeline. | ETP | {"Reporter The Huffington Post","Kate Abbey-lambertz","National Reporter","The Huffington Post","Michael Mclaughlin"} | 1058 |
| Energy Transfer says not slowing construction of North Dakota pipeline | -14 | 2016-11-08 22:48:31+00 | "To be clear, Dakota Access Pipeline has not voluntarily agreed to halt construction of the pipeline in North Dakota. Protester gather near a pipeline being built by a group of companies led by Energy Transfer Partners LP at a construction site in North Dakota before being confronted by police October 22, 2016. Army Corps spokesman Thomas O’Hara told Bloomberg News on Monday that the company had agreed to slow down construction, a statement Energy Transfer refuted. Photo courtesy Morton County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERSEnergy Transfer Partners LP on Tuesday said it was not slowing down construction of an oil pipeline in North Dakota that is contested by environmentalists and Native Americans groups. Citigroup Inc on Tuesday said it had discussed its concerns with Energy Transfer Partners and urged it to reach a resolution with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. | ETP | {"Liz Hampton"} | 1028 |
| Fed agencies again ask pipeline developer to stop | -7 | 2016-10-25 20:02:37 | It is the second time the Obama Administration has asked Energy Transfer Partners to stand down on the Dakota Access Pipeline, so far to no avail. It is the second time the Obama Administration has asked the company, Energy Transfer Partners, to stand down, so far to no avail. Tensions over the pipeline have escalated, with the company pressing ahead and opponents setting up a camp in the path of construction. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is reviewing its work permitting the pipeline so far, following concerns by the tribe and federal agencies that it did not adequately assess the risks it poses. BISMARCK, N.D. — The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ), Department of Interior and Department of the Army asked the developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline Tuesday to voluntarily cease construction in the 20-mile corridor leading to the pipeline’s proposed crossing at the Missouri River. | ETP | {"Seattle Times Environmental Reporter","Lynda V","Lynda Mapes"} | 1029 |
| Attorneys with Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Army Corps of Engineers, Energy Transfer Partners agree to cease construction on parts of Dakota Access Pipeline | -12 | None | "We saw things happening out at Standing Rock, dogs being put on protesters that haven't been seen in America for 40-50 years. That's where the sites were found on Friday," says Jan Hassleman, attorney representing Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. Attorneys on all sides agreed that no construction will take place between North Dakota Highway 1806 and 20 miles east of Lake Oahe. Standing Rock Tribal Chairman Dave Archambault expressed disappointment in the denial of the temporary restraining order. The judge denied a temporary restraining order to halt construction west of North Dakota Highway 1806. | ETP | {"Samantha-jo Roth","Gray Dc"} | 1030 |
| Rick Perry, with multiple ties to CEO of controversial pipeline project, tapped for Energy Dept. | -12 | 2016-12-13 21:03:25+00 | Rick Perry, at Trump Tower this week, is on the board of Energy Transfer Partners, and its CEO was the biggest funder of his 2016 presidential bid. )Perry himself has stock in QR Energy, Gray Rock Energy and other companies in the oil and gas industry. And beyond that, Perry is on the board of directors of Energy Transfer Partners -- a position he would have to relinquish if he's to become secretary. Warren gave super PACs supporting Perry's presidential bid $6 million last year, though he got nearly $4 million of it back after Perry dropped out. Now the department will be helmed by a man whose biggest fan -- as measured by donations supporting Perry's presidential bids -- is Kelcy Warren, CEO of Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the controversial pipeline. | ETP | {"Www Twitter Com Opensecretsdc","Follow Opensecrets Blog On Twitter","Opensecrets Blog","Published The Nonpartisan Center For Responsive Politics Featuring Award-winning Original Reporting About Money-in-politics"} | 1059 |
| Pipeline Builder Under Fire as Protests Hit Dallas | -19 | None | Pipeline protests continued in Dallas as several hundred tribal members and “water protectors” met for an interfaith rally Nov. 12 outside Preston Hollow resident Kelcy Warren’s Energy Transfer Partners offices. At press time, he and Energy Transfer Partners had not responded to multiple requests for comment. “This is a question for those with privilege and power in the world.”Warren has not responded directly to the protests in Dallas or the larger movement in North Dakota. This came on the heels of Energy Transfer Partner’s decision to resume pipeline construction Oct. 11 after a federal injunction requiring the company to halt was overturned by a U.S. courts of appeals. The company has had to settle multiple multi-million dollar oil spill cases with state and federal agencies. | ETP | {"Annie Wiles"} | 1031 |
| Dakota Pipeline’s Fate May Hinge on Next President After Setback | -32 | 2016-09-09 00:00:00 | Thirty protesters were arrested in August for trespassing on the project’s construction site in Iowa, and eight were arrested in North Dakota. Energy Transfer fell 3.6 percent to $39.14 in New York on Friday. The government’s intervention leaves Energy Transfer officials in limbo, whereas "at least with the court they had some certainty on timelines and how things are moving forward. Energy Transfer says it’s taken appropriate safety measures and that the pipeline will create 8,000 to 12,000 jobs during construction. Morton County’s sheriff’s department in North Dakota has issued an arrest warrant for Jill Stein, the Green Party’s presidential candidate, for trespassing and spray-painting construction equipment on private property. | ETP | {"More Stories Meenal Vamburkar","Meenal Vamburkar"} | 1060 |
| Dakota Access Pipeline operator lashes out at decision to halt construction | -9 | 2016-12-05 00:00:00 | “Nothing this administration has done today changes that in any way.”The fight over the Dakota Access Pipeline explained It appears Energy Transfer Partners is pinning its hopes on a more favorable position from the incoming administration. All eyes on TrumpThe decision to halt construction on the contentious section of the Dakota Access Pipeline was welcomed by the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and environmental activists who have been protesting the project for months. The operator of the Dakota Access Pipeline said this week that it remains committed to completing a section of the project that would run near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation, despite the US government’s decision to pursue alternative routes. The Army Corps last month delayed a decision that would have allowed Energy Transfer Partners to access and drill under the reservoir, saying that additional study was needed to determine its environmental impact. | ETP | {"Amar Toor","Dec Est"} | 1061 |
| Sunoco Logistics to acquire Energy Transfer Partners | -8 | 2016-11-21 00:00:00 | Sunoco Logistics on Monday announced a nearly $20 billion merger with Energy Transfer Partners, which oversees the disputed Dakota Access Pipeline project. "It is more about the ability of ETE, Energy Transfer, to pay a dividend to its holders," Faber said. He said the deal is more likely a way to help secure dividends for ETP's affiliated master limited partnership with Energy Transfer Equity. The merger will primarily address Energy Transfer's near-term coverage issues and create operational and administrative savings, said Jay Hatfield, a portfolio manager at InfraCap. Discussing the deal on CNBC's "Squawk on the Street," Jim Cramer said the merger was the first "Trump deal" in the energy sector. | ETP | {"Berkeley Lovelace Jr","Bloomberg Getty Images","Tom Dichristopher","Berkeley Lovelace Jr Tom Dichristopher","Luke Sharrett"} | 1048 |
| Energy Transfer's Useful Rage Against The Machine | -18 | 2016-12-05 00:00:00 | Expected Energy Transfer, Sunoco Proceeds From DAPL Stake Sale $2 BillionWhat makes this uncertainty particularly acute is Energy Transfer's own current vulnerabilities. Hence, repeating the role of the current, soon-to-be-gone administration's role in Energy Transfer's frustrations doesn't just vent spleen. There is method to Energy Transfer's madness. Despite the heightened emotion, Energy Transfer was careful enough to mention "administration" three times alone in the opening paragraph. As demonstrated by the recent surprise announcement of a merger between Sunoco Logistics and Energy Transfer Partners, which contained a stealth dividend cut, Energy Transfer is focused on reducing leverage within the group of companies. | ETP | {"Liam Denning"} | 1049 |
| Energy Transfer Partners pipeline targeted in West Texas protests | -20 | 2016-12-07 18:46:51+00 | A representative from Energy Transfer Partners did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Trans-Pecos pipeline is a 148-mile joint venture with the Comisión Federal de Electricidad, Mexico's federal electricity commission. Protesters in West Texas also cited concerns over water contamination. Energy Transfer Partners is also constructing the embattled Dakota Access Pipeline, which for months has been protested by the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and others who are concerned that a spill could contaminate drinking water. HOUSTON Two people were arrested Tuesday at a pipeline protest in West Texas, bringing an intensifying political battle against oil and gas infrastructure to a state where the energy industry typically enjoys wide support. | ETP | {"Liz Hampton"} | 1050 |
| Morning Agenda: Hedge Funds Make a Poor Start to the Year | -18 | 2016-03-11 00:00:00 | Energy Transfer will be at the center of an orbit of six publicly traded companies — different pipelines that Energy Transfer manages. More than three-quarters of those who planned to redeem money said they would reinvest in other hedge funds. Williams’s shareholders will own stock in Transfer Corporation, a publicly traded entity whose only asset is Energy Transfer stock. The University of California’s endowment fund said it would cut the number of hedge funds in which it invests to about 10 from 32. The basket of 50 stocks, including Apple and Valeant, that Goldman Sachs says hedge funds like most is down 5.6 percent as of March 4. | ETP | {"Amie Tsang"} | 915 |
| Court revives investor suit against Energy Transfer Partners over $11 billion pipeline deal | -16 | 2017-01-23 00:00:00 | A Delaware court revived an investor lawsuit against Energy Transfer Partners over its $11 billion acquisition of Regency Energy Partners in a case focused on protections for investors in master limited partnerships. A spokeswoman for Energy Transfer Partners and ETE said the companies do not comment on pending litigation. The Delaware Supreme Court ruled on Friday that pipeline operators Energy Transfer Partners and its indirect parent, Energy Transfer Equity, must face allegations that Regency investors were not properly informed when they approved the merger in 2015. Once the deal closed, Brannon and the other member of the conflicts committee, James Bryant, both joined the Sunoco LP board. One of the two members of the conflicts committee, Richard Brannon, resigned from the board of Sunoco LP, which had a general partner interest in Energy Transfer Partners, to negotiate the deal. | ETP | {"Nati Harnik"} | 1243 |
| Archeologists denounce Dakota Access pipeline for destroying artifacts | -24 | 2016-09-22 00:00:00 | Dakota Access Pipeline plan still on despite protests across the US and world Read moreThe $3.8bn Dakota Access pipeline, which will funnel oil from the Bakken oil fields in the Great Plains to Illinois, will run next to the Standing Rock Sioux reservation. “Thousands have gathered peacefully in Standing Rock in solidarity against the pipeline,” Archambault told commission members. Energy Transfer did not respond to a request for comment. The approval sparked furious protests at a camp near the North Dakota construction site but Energy Transfer has vowed to push ahead after a federal judge sided with the company. Archeologists and museum directors have denounced the “destruction” of Native American artifacts during the construction of a contentious oil pipeline in North Dakota, as the affected tribe condemned the project in an address to the United Nations. | ETP | {"Oliver Milman"} | 1244 |