In a statement, the Standing Rock Sioux said they would fight the decision. The more than 800,000 bpd Keystone XL pipeline linking Canada's oil sands to the US Gulf Coast was conceived nearly a decade ago. It is not clear if Trump's order supersedes that move, and the Standing Rock statement suggested the order circumvents the environmental review. Both groups had endorsed Trump rival Hillary Clinton in the 2016 U.S. election, but disagreed with her opposition to the Keystone pipeline. Shares of ETP, the company building the 450,000 barrel-a-day Dakota pipeline, were up 3.7 percent in US trading.

Source: The Star January 24, 2017 19:00 UTC