A Pipeline Is Quietly Ordered Shut in New Signal of Shale’s Woes

  • Bureau of Indian Affairs orders Marathon Petroleum link shut
  • The decision follows moves to halt Dakota Access, Keystone XL
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Earlier this month, a federal judge stunned the U.S. energy sector with an order to shut down the Dakota Access pipeline. Environmentalists hailed it as the first time a fully operating system had been forced to close by a legal challenge.

As it turns out, it was actually the second time an oil pipeline was ordered shut in a matter of four days.