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Hundreds of conditions attached to Northern Gateway route’s approval
Posted by EnergyWire: Elana Schor on December 21st, 2013
EnergyWire: In a decision that could shake up the political battle over the Keystone XL pipeline, a joint review panel steered by the Canadian National Energy Board yesterday attached more than 200 conditions to its recommended approval of a 525,000-barrel-per-day oil sands crude route to the nation's West Coast.
The joint panel's asterisk-ridden thumbs-up to the $7.4 billion Northern Gateway, a combination of pipelines and tankers aimed at opening new Asian markets for Alberta's emissions-heavy fuel, includes...
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Comments Off on Hundreds of conditions attached to Northern Gateway route’s approvalTransCanada Acknowledges Tar Sands Oil Could Sink If Spilled
Posted by EnergyWire: Elana Schor on August 16th, 2013
EnergyWire: In comments released yesterday by the State Department, TransCanada Corp. acknowledged a possibility that opponents of Keystone XL have long used against the project: The heavy oil sands crude that would run through the controversial pipeline, if spilled in water, could sink below the surface. The TransCanada acknowledgment, tucked inside a 51-page list of proposed changes to State's March draft environmental review of KXL, came with caveats amid a suggestion that the government alter its reference...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on TransCanada Acknowledges Tar Sands Oil Could Sink If SpilledDid Keystone XL really drive Canada-China coziness?
Posted by EnergyWire: Elana Schor on July 27th, 2012
EnergyWire: This week's bid by a Chinese state-owned oil company to take over a Canadian oil sands crude producer seemed to hand Republicans a perfect talking point for their efforts to fast-track the Keystone XL pipeline: China is already taking advantage of America's delay in approving new heavy fuel imports from its northern neighbor, the GOP argued.
"It's very clear," Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) said yesterday, citing Ottawa's public courtship of Chinese investment after President Obama punted a ruling...