The Keystone XL pipeline is shovel- ready and an alternative route through Nebraska could be approved within six to nine months, TransCanada's President and CEO Russ Girling told investors on Nov. 16.
Girling made the optimistic declaration just days after the U.S. State Dept. announced it would postpone a decision on the controversial 1,700-mile Canadian oil-sands pipeline until the first quarter of 2013.