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Authorizing Junction Pipeline Company, LLC To Construct, Connect, Operate, and Maintain Pipeline Facilities at Toole County, Montana, at the International Boundary Between the United States and Canada

This Presidential Permit authorizes Junction Pipeline Company, LLC to construct, connect, operate, and maintain a 30-inch diameter pipeline at the U.S.-Canada border in Toole County, Montana, for importing crude oil and petroleum products from Canada into the United States. The permit imposes standard conditions including regulatory compliance, inspection access, national security takeover provisions, and environmental indemnification requirements.

Federal Register Open PDF 90 FR 29401

Market exposure

Policy exposure mapping — not investment advice. Illustrative public companies are incomplete and not recommendations.

Sectors

Oil & gasSteel & aluminum

Mechanisms

Licensing

Role pressure

  • MixedDomestic producer — U.S. refiners gain assured Canadian crude access; U.S. upstream producers face continued import competition
  • ProtectiveImporter — Permittee obtains exclusive authorization for cross-border petroleum product imports at this corridor
  • ProtectiveDownstream manufacturer — Refiners and petrochemical users gain supply optionality for crude oil, NGLs, refined products including jet fuel, gasoline, diesel
  • ProtectiveTrading-partner exporter — Canadian oil producers and pipeline operators gain additional export route to U.S. market

Geographies

USCA

Illustrative public companies

Curated watchlist matches by sector/role — incomplete; not a recommendation.

AAAlcoaCENXCentury AluminumLNGCheniere EnergyCVXChevronCLFCleveland-CliffsCOPConocoPhillipsXOMExxon MobilGEVGE VernovaNUENucorSHELShellTSLATeslaXUnited States SteelVALEVale

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Key directives

  • Grant permit to construct, connect, operate, maintain pipeline border facilities at Toole County, Montana
  • Permittee must obtain requisite permits from state/local entities and relevant federal agencies
  • Permittee must allow free access to federal/state/local agency representatives for inspection
  • Permittee must hold harmless and indemnify U.S. from liability including environmental contamination
  • Permittee must maintain facilities in good repair and comply with applicable law
  • Permittee must file required sworn statements/reports with President or designee and appropriate agencies
  • Permittee must provide information upon request regarding ownership, construction, operation, maintenance
  • Permittee must immediately communicate any ownership/control transfers or name changes in writing
  • Upon termination/revocation, permittee must remove border facilities at own expense within time specified by President

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • Permit takes effect upon signing; authorization to proceed with border facilities construction/operation

Near term (90d)

  • Permittee must obtain requisite state/local permits and federal agency approvals
  • PHMSA and other agency inspections may commence

Long term

  • Pipeline operation for crude oil and petroleum product imports from Canada
  • Potential throughput capacity and directional flow modifications without further presidential approval
  • Ongoing compliance, reporting, and maintenance obligations
  • Possible presidential takeover in national security emergencies

Risks & tensions

  • Environmental liability concentrated on private permittee through broad indemnification clause (Article 6(2))
  • National security takeover provision (Article 4) creates uncertainty for permittee's long-term asset control
  • No specific deadline for construction completion or operational commencement creates implementation uncertainty
  • Pipeline safety compliance with PHMSA regulations remains critical given 2021 application history
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