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Russia's Gazprom says that it has completed the construction of the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline to Germany. Gazprom says that gas flows to Europe through the pipeline cannot begin until they have received approval from German regulators.
2021-09-10

A pipeline explosion causes a fire and destroys dozens of buildings in Lagos, Nigeria, killing at least 15 people.
2020-03-15

At the Indigenous Peoples Forum in Rome, Italy, Pope Francis says that developmental needs have to be reconciled with the protection of the particular characteristics of indigenous peoples and their territories. This is taken by some as a reference to the Standing Rock Sioux and other groups opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline.
2017-02-15

U.S. President Donald Trump signs documents approving the construction of both the Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines.
2017-01-24

The United States Army Corps of Engineers denies a permit for Energy Transfer Partners planned Dakota Access Pipeline running through North Dakota and will begin exploring alternative routes for the pipeline following weeks of protests.
2016-12-4

Following this ruling, and to head off an immediate confrontation, the Obama administration temporarily suspends further construction of the pipeline on U.S. Army Corps land bordering or under Lake Oahe, and asks the Dakota Access construction company to voluntarily pause all work within 20 miles of the lake.
2016-09-9

At least 30 people are injured from an explosion at a gas pipeline near Villahermosa, Mexico.
2015-12-22

Attackers blow up Yemen's main oil pipeline, halting the flow of crude oil.
2013-05-24

2013 Mayflower oil spill: An Exxon Mobil crude oil pipeline ruptures near the town of Mayflower in the U.S. state of Arkansas, spilling thousands of barrels from the tar sands.
2013-03-31

At least 27 people are killed and eighty injured after oil leaks from a pipeline near the town of Pakokku in Burma.
2010-10-25