Pipeline application took 1.5 years to approve

How long will my application take to get approved? This is the question we hear all the time. It's a straightforward question, but there's nowhere to get the answer without AppIntel.

Of course you need to know how long the regulatory process will take. You can't spend your precious capital without having regulatory approval. What if you drilled the well, built the plant, but couldn't turn them on because the approvals were tied up with red tape?

This pipeline application took one and a half years to approve. We found this using AppIntel. You'll want to check it out to make sure your application won't get sidelined like this.

Read slow approval applications

Likely your application won't take that long. However, it's very important to know what makes applications take longer to approve. If you know which applications take longer, you can avoid those prickly issues.

The best way to get snappy approval is to read other slow applications. At Proven, we read five historic applications for every application we submit. Slow applications clearly show what the regulator doesn't like and how to avoid that.

Approval statistics are only available through AppIntel. AppIntel can answer questions like, “What's the average approval time for this application type?” “What's the longest this application might take?” “How is the approval time trending? Is it now taking longer for approvals?”

Slow approval - many causes

AppIntel shows that slow approval is not always caused by the complexity of the project performed. There are many issues that can make your application stuck at the regulator.

For example, a regulatory approval could be held up on offset landowner objection issues.

It might be get stuck because of some government action in the area surrounding access. Or the regulator might be in the midst of changing their mind on a peripheral issue that affects your application a bit. You might have a technicality that isn't correct in the application.

Or there could be a misunderstanding about your application. Sometimes your application might even get lost. There are currently 70 applications that are over a year old and still awaiting approval.

Give your application a tune up before you submit

Using AppIntel you can also see how many applications are being refused by the regulator. You can see the trend for these closures and find out why they are occurring.

You can't just submit an application. You must be prepared to steward it through to approval.

Because regulations change, you really need to look at recent applications as well as the guidelines and checklists. Otherwise, you're likely to get a an application that takes forever to get approved.

Subscribers can view this application by pasting the following link into their browser after logging into AppIntel. http://app.appintel.info/AOW.php?pxnrg=77317o3638373331383o314v38

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Tags: AER application, Scheduling, Facilities

  21 Jun 2016

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