Only days before the U.S. State Dept. released its long-awaited environmental review of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, the company applying to build it, TransCanada Corp., experienced its third major pipeline rupture since October.
North America may be a little closer to quenching Asia's thirst for liquefied natural gas (LNG) after Royal Dutch Shell awarded a contract to TransCanada Corp. to design, build and operate a $4-billion pipeline in northeastern British Columbia.
Opinions are split on whether TransCanada's revised proposal to build the Keystone XL crude-oil pipeline from Alberta to the Gulf of Mexico will pass muster with the Obama administration.
A new round in the fight over the Keystone XL pipeline has begun, as TransCanada reapplied for a U.S. permit to build the controversial $7.6-billion, 1,600-mile-long project, which would carry crude oil from Alberta's tar sands to the Gulf of Mexico.
A group of 45 Senate lawmakers —all but one of whom are Republicans—is attempting to revive the Keystone XL crude-oil pipeline project, which President Obama nixed last month.
The controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline has suffered a major setback, with President Obama's Jan. 18 announcement that the State Dept. denied a permit for the $7-billion project.