Monthly Archives: November 2017

Nebraska Public Service Commission approves Keystone XL Pipeline

Posted on November 20, 2017 by davidjkatz

In a 3-2 decision that removes the last regulatory hurdle to building the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline, the Nebraska Public Service Commission approved the 36-inch crude oil conduit this morning. The section would send 830,000 barrels of oil per day from the tar sands of Alberta and connect with the existing Keystone Pipeline to send the oil to the Gulf Coast. The KXL would be built across Alberta, Montana, South Dakota and Nebraska.

However, this decision doesn’t mean the KXL will be built. Much has changed in the nine years since the KXL was proposed.

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More than 200,000 gallons of oil have spilled along the Keystone Pipeline

Posted on November 16, 2017 by davidjkatz

In a statement today Transcanada, operators of the Keystone Pipeline, announced:

“Transcanada crews safely shut down its Keystone pipeline at approximately…5 a.m. MST after a drop in pressure was detected in its operating system resulting from an oil leak that is under investigation. The estimated volume of the leak is approximately 5,000 barrels. The section of pipe along a right-of-way approximately 35 miles (56 kilometres) south of the Ludden pump station in Marshall County, South Dakota.”

5,000 barrels is equivalent to 210,000 gallons.

This is the third spill on this section of the Keystone.

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