Administration Decision on Dakota Pipeline Will Bring Energy Transfer Officials to D.C.

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Energy Transfer Partners LP plans to take the battle to complete the Dakota Access oil pipeline to Washington after the Obama administration's decision to stall part of the project, the company's chairman said Sept. 13. Work on part of the nearly 1,200-mile pipeline was halted by the Obama administration on Sept. 9 while it reconsiders prior decisions to allow it. The administration announced the move shortly after a federal judge rejected a request by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to halt work on the pipeline. Energy Transfer officials plan to meet with federal officials to better understand their position and to reiterate the company's intention of getting the pipeline operating, Energy Transfer Chairman Kelcy Warren said in a letter to employees.