Posted on November 15, 2011 at 11:00 am by Dan X. McGraw in
Pipelines,
Politics/Policy
The Keystone XL pipeline has enemies and friends in the United States, but in Canada, it seems the sentiments might be a bit different.
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Canada has stepped up its lobbying after the Obama administration delayed a decision on an oil pipeline critical to the country’s economic future.
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Posted on November 14, 2011 at 6:30 pm by Associated Press in
Crude oil,
Pipelines,
Politics/Policy
The officials said TransCanada would agree to the new route, a move the company previously said wasn’t possible, as part of an effort to push through the proposed $7 billion project.
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Posted on November 14, 2011 at 6:37 am by Loren Steffy in
Canada,
Crude oil,
Pipelines,
Politics/Policy
The Keystone XL pipeline may be the first shovel-ready project buried by foot-dragging.
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Posted on November 12, 2011 at 9:06 am by Associated Press in
Pipelines,
Politics/Policy
The White House plan to seek alternate routes for a Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline presents a tangle of new problems for the project’s backers, and any of those obstacles could still sink the proposal before the first spade of dirt is turned.
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Posted on November 11, 2011 at 11:41 am by Bloomberg in
Pipelines,
Politics/Policy
The U.S. State Department’s decision to delay its review of TransCanada Corp.’s $7-billion Keystone XL pipeline until after next year’s presidential election may doom the project and accelerate Canada’s efforts to ship crude to Asia, Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said.
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Posted on November 11, 2011 at 11:32 am by Bloomberg in
Pipelines,
Politics/Policy
TransCanada Corp. has begun studying alternative routes for the Keystone XL project in an attempt to salvage the $7 billion pipeline after U.S. officials said it couldn’t proceed without more review.
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Posted on November 11, 2011 at 9:29 am by Loren Steffy in
Canada,
Crude oil,
Natural gas,
Pipelines
The blog will probably be rather quiet today, because I’m attending, and participating in, a seminar at the University of Houston that’s examining the changing outlook for North American energy. Among the topics: the impact of hydraulic fracturing and the now-delayed Keystone XL pipeline on the future of U.S. energy. While the Obama administration opted [...]
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Posted on November 11, 2011 at 9:29 am by Loren Steffy in
Canada,
Crude oil,
Natural gas,
Pipelines
The blog will probably be rather quiet today, because I’m attending, and participating in, a seminar at the University of Houston that’s examining the changing outlook for North American energy. Among the topics: the impact of hydraulic fracturing and the now-delayed Keystone XL pipeline on the future of U.S. energy. While the Obama administration opted [...]
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The Obama administration is set to announce soon it will consider a new route for the Keystone XL oil pipeline — a move that would delay a final decision on the controversial project until after the 2012 election. The move would solve a political dilemma for President Barack Obama, who risked alienating key voting blocs ahead of the November 2012 election no matter what decision he made
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Posted on November 10, 2011 at 11:44 am by Jennifer A. Dlouhy in
Pipelines,
Politics/Policy
The Obama administration said Thursday it will consider new routes for the Keystone XL oil pipeline to avoid ecologically sensitive areas of America’s heartland — a move that would delay a final decision on the controversial project until after the 2012 election.
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Posted on November 10, 2011 at 7:00 am by Jennifer A. Dlouhy in
Pipelines,
Politics/Policy
The State Department may be considering a plan to study a possible rerouting of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline — which could delay a final decision on the project by at least a year. Project supporters, including the oil industry’s leading trade group, are crying foul.
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