** Oil started flowing through the newly built Line 3 pipeline in northern Minnesota on Friday, bringing closure to one chapter of the large and bitterly disputed construction project.
** Enbridge has reimbursed U.S. police $2.4 million for arresting and surveilling hundreds of demonstrators who opposed construction of Line 3.
** Canada on Monday invoked a 1977 treaty with the United States to trigger bilateral negotiations over Enbridge Inc’s Line 5, escalating a long-running dispute over one of Canada’s major oil export pipelines.
** A ship’s anchor might have caused ruptured the offshore pipeline causing the massive oil spill that shut down beaches around Huntington Beach, California. An estimated 144,000 gallons of oil spilled into the ocean.
** Royal Dutch Shell on Monday said it has restarted production at its Olympus platform in the Mars Corridor in the Gulf of Mexico following repairs to portion of its West Delta 143 offshore facility in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida.
** The Biden administration says it has followed a court order to schedule an offshore oil and gas lease sale Nov. 17 for the Gulf of Mexico after the Democratic president’s moratorium on new oil and gas leasing on federal lands was blocked by a judge.
** Callon Petroleum Co raised its production forecast for third-quarter and full-year 2021 after completing its $788 million acquisition of the Delaware Basin assets from Primexx Energy Partners on Tuesday and on strong well performance.
** Viper Energy, an affiliate of Diamondback Energy, Inc. has completed its $225 million acquisition of royalties in the Midland Basin from Swallowtail Royalties LLC and Swallowtail Royalties II LLC.
** California members of Congress call for an oil and gas drilling ban off the state’s coast after the crude spill sullied beaches and harmed wildlife.
** A Navajo environmental organization on Monday appealed a federal court’s rejection of its attempt to void oil and gas drilling permits near Chaco Culture Historical Park in New Mexico.