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article points out the reality behind Obama’s rejection of the
Keystone XL pipeline. America has built 10 Keystone pipelines and the Alberta tarsands continue.
This video expresses the usual liberal reponce:
This video expresses the usual liberal reponce:
America
has built the equivalent of 10 Keystone pipelines since 2010 — and
nobody said anything
America has
built the equivalent of 10 Keystone pipelines since 2010 — and
nobody said anything
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November, 2015
Crude
oil pipeline mileage rose 9.1 per cent last year alone to reach
66,649 miles, according to data from the Washington, D.C.-based
Association of Oil Pipe Lines (AOPL) set to be released soon.
Between
2009 and 2013, more than 8,000 miles of oil transmission pipelines
have been built in the past five years in the U.S., AOPL spokesperson
John Stoody said, compared to the 875 miles TransCanada wants to lay
in the states of Montana, South Dakota and Nebraska for its
830,000-bpd project. By last year, the U.S. had built 12,000 miles of
pipe since 2010.
“That’s
the point we make,” Stoody said. “While people have been
debating Keystone in the U.S. we have actually built the equivalent
of 10 Keystones. And no one’s complained or said anything.”
On
Monday, TransCanada asked the U.S. State Department to
suspend review of
its controversial Alberta-to-Nebraska pipeline in the latest episode
of a six-year drama that has seen as many as five environmental
reviews, numerous legal challenges and a rejection in 2012 by
President Barack Obama.
Despite
TransCanada’s request for a pause, the U.S. President still
rejected the project. He announced on Friday that he would
not approve the Keystone application,
saying the project did not serve the nation’s interests.
The
487-mile southern leg of the project, dubbed the Gulf Coast project,
between Cushing, Okla. and Texas refineries came on stream in 2014.
While
the northern leg of Keystone XL remains under review, the Lower 48s
have seen new oil pipes crisscrossing the country.
“If
you look at 2010 versus now we have seen historic realignment that
has transformed the infrastructure situation,” said Afolabi
Ogunnaike, analyst at Wood Mackenzie. “There has been tremendous
investment in pipelines and more investments are coming on.”
The
U.S. midstream infrastructure is responding to a near-doubling of
U.S. production over the past six years. The U.S. saw an 11.6 per
cent increase in crude oil transport via pipelines in 2014, according
to AOPL data.
But
as U.S. oil production eases in response to lower crude prices, the
rapid build-up could see pipeline capacity exceed production in the
Bakken in North Dakota and even the Permian basin straddling Texas
and New Mexico, Ogunnaike estimates.
“The
low oil price environment is allowing the crude oil logistics to
catch up to supply,” he said.
Armed
with shipping commitments despite low crude prices, key pipeline
operators are proceeding with many projects to alleviate the
bottlenecks, which could add as much as 8.7 million barrels per day
by 2018, Reuters data shows.
Last
week, Houston-based pipeline company Enterprise Product Partners said
it would have US$7.8 billion of major capital projects ready by the
end of 2017. Tulsa, Okla.-based shipper Magellan Midstream Partners
raised its capital expenditure by US$200 million to US$1.6 billion in
its earnings announcement Tuesday. TransCanada has reported higher
volumes on the Keystone Pipeline System in its third-quarter
earnings, while Enbridge Inc. is also looking to expand its presence
in the Gulf Coast.
Much
of the opposition in the U.S. has focused on crude rail terminals,
especially in California and Oregon, which has led to delays on some
rail projects. In many states, pipeline is viewed more favourably
than the sight of crude-bearing rail cars barreling down town
centres.
“There
is some local opposition, but we don’t have local or inter-state
projects that are attracting the same level of scrutiny as Keystone
XL seems to have. Keystone XL is an international issue,” Ogunnaike
says.
But
for many the fight against Keystone XL pipeline remains a high
priority in a larger battle to combat climate change.
“I
have always opposed Keystone XL,” tweeted Democrat presidential
hopeful Bernie Sanders on Monday. “It isn’t a distraction —
it’s a fundamental litmus test of your commitment to battle climate
change.”
But
the opposition has done little to stop the surge of Alberta crude
flowing through the U.S. pipeline systems: Canadian crude oil exports
to the U.S. soared to 3.4 million barrels per day in August – a new
record.
The truth is that Keystone XL served no function except diverting our attention for more dirty Profit),
Comments from Cory Morningstar
The
reality is that oil production continues to break record highs. The
reality is that the deadly 21st century oil via rail empire –
engineered by Warren Buffett (BNSF) has been deadly to dozens with
horrific environmental consequences to life and ecosystems. The
reality is that these victims, along with these facts, fall under the
same category as those on the front lines: the invisible. The fact
that this so-called "victory" is being cheered symbolizes
the greatest lack ofcritical thinking – an ongoing social
engineering project that continues to surpass all expectations of the
oligarchs who finance it.
September
17, 2014:
"U.S.
crude oil imports from Canada hit a record high of nearly 3 million
barrels per day in the week ended Sept. 12, U.S. Energy Information
Administration data showed on Wednesday. The weekly data showed
Canada, the top supplier of crude to the United States, exported
2.994 million barrels of crude to its southern neighbour. That was a
20 percent increase on the same period a year earlier. The four-week
average to Sept. 12 was 2.932 million bpd. Canada has been able to
ship more crude to the United States as production in the Alberta oil
sands rises despite tight capacity on export pipelines, due in part
to the emergence of crude-by-rail."
November
4, 2015:
"In
September, the U.S. imported 101.3 million barrels of crude oil from
Canada, the most this year and the second-highest level in records
going back to 2010, according to data from the Census Bureau."
(that's 3.37 million barrels per day)
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