Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The final weeks of March brought some news on two pipeline projects in the U.S., one a crude oil pipeline in the Great Lakes region and the other for natural gas in Appalachia.

In Michigan, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it needs more time to study public comments regarding the proposed construction for Enbridge Incorporated's (NYSE:ENB) (Calgary, Alberta) Line 5 crude oil pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac between Michigan's Upper and Lower peninsulas. Elsewhere, a federal appeals court ruled that Virginia's Department of Environmental Quality conducted a legally adequate review before issuing a permit allowing Equitrans Midstream's (NYSE:ETRN) (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline to cross the state's streams and wetlands.