Pipeline
A lack of transportation and refining for high-value crude results in $500 million to $1 billion of lost revenue each year from the Uinta Basin.
As CEO of Sage Energy Partners and a member of the Ute Tribe, I’m proud to announce the U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously approved the Uinta Basin Railway project in Utah. The 8-0 ruling overturns a lower court decision, allowing the transport over 350,000 barrels of crude oil daily to Gulf Coast refineries. This decision, supported by Sage Energy, the Ute Tribe, Utah leaders, and the Seven County Infrastructure Coalition, marks a major win for rural Utah and U.S. energy independence. This historic ruling also supports future infrastructure projects like the Sage Energy Pipeline.”
—Cleve Pike, President & CEO of Sage Energy Partners and Member of the Ute Tribe
Sage Energy Pipeline
- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the NEPA study contested by Eagle County, Colorado on May 29, 2025, giving the Seven County Infrastrucure Coalition (SCIC) approval for their 83-mile pipeline.
- Coordinate the acquisition, transportation, and marketing of crude oil production in the Uinta Basin.
- Provide producers with increased take-away capacity, lower transportation costs, and find a long-term off-take contract with a price that could improve over time.
- Work together on infrastructure and facility development to gather and transport crude to external markets.
- Sage is partnering with oil and gas industry leaders to build the pipeline which will help improve transportation of crude out of the basin and increase the amount of crude produced in the Uinta.
- Sage Energy is uniquely positioned to work with stakeholders on the project given our deep knowledge of the Uinta Basin, the energy industry, and business development between operators and Indian Country using unique sovereign rights.
- Economic Development Agreements (EDAs) for crude produced on tribal lands allow for an 8/8th’s Call on the Uinta Basin crude.
- Over $4 billion in transactions in 2024 in the Uinta Basin.
