Dakota Access Pipeline

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The Dakota Access Pipeline is a controversial underground oil pipeline in the United States that became the focus of major environmental and Indigenous rights protests, particularly led by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crude oil pipeline
alsoKnownAs DAPL NERFINISHED
constructionAdvancedBy Donald Trump administration NERFINISHED
constructionHaltedBy Barack Obama administration NERFINISHED
constructionStartDate 2016
controversy alleged violation of Indigenous sovereignty
routing near tribal lands
country United States of America
surface form: United States
courtRuling 2020 federal court ordered new environmental review
crossesRiver Big Sioux River NERFINISHED
Mississippi River NERFINISHED
Missouri River NERFINISHED
designedCapacity 470,000 barrels of oil per day
endPoint Patoka, Illinois NERFINISHED
environmentalConcern impact on sacred sites
risk of oil spills
threat to water sources
financedBy major international banks
hasCommodity light sweet crude oil
hasShareholder Enbridge Inc. NERFINISHED
Marathon Petroleum NERFINISHED
Phillips 66 NERFINISHED
inServiceDate June 2017
legalIssue environmental impact assessment
treaty rights
tribal consultation
length approximately 1,172 miles
locatedIn Illinois
Iowa
North Dakota NERFINISHED
South Dakota NERFINISHED
mainOpposingGroup Standing Rock Sioux Tribe NERFINISHED
nearWaterSource Lake Oahe NERFINISHED
operator Energy Transfer Partners NERFINISHED
originBasin Bakken formation NERFINISHED
owner Dakota Access, LLC NERFINISHED
parentCompany Energy Transfer LP NERFINISHED
passesNear Standing Rock Indian Reservation NERFINISHED
pipelineType underground pipeline
protestCampLocation Oceti Sakowin camp NERFINISHED
regulator U.S. Army Corps of Engineers NERFINISHED
relatedMovement water protectors movement NERFINISHED
startPoint Stanley, North Dakota NERFINISHED
subjectOf Indigenous rights protests
Standing Rock protests NERFINISHED
divestment campaigns
environmental protests
international solidarity protests
transports Bakken crude oil

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Standing Rock Indian Reservation associatedWith Dakota Access Pipeline