Beetles delay TransCanada pipeline construction in Oklahoma
Construction of TransCanada’s Gulf Coast pipeline between Cushing and refineries along the Gulf of Mexico has been delayed as the company seeks a permit to continue through the habitat of an endangered beetle.
TULSA — Pipeline developer TransCanada’s Gulf Coast project has been dogged by protesters in east Texas but its progress in Oklahoma has been slowed by concerns about the American burying beetle.
An American burying beetle is seen in this close-up shot. Energy companies in Oklahoma are going to great lengths to keep from harming the endangered insects while drilling for oil and gas. Photo Provided
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Some of the endangered insect’s habitat is along the route of the $2.3 billion pipeline being built from the crude oil storage hub at Cushing to refineries in the Houston area.
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