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With Keystone XL scrapped, oil companies look for workarounds

Jun 10, 2021
Pipelines have met increasing opposition, but persistent demand for crude may help them get approved.
Miles of unused pipe, prepared for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, sit in a North Dakota lot in 2014.
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Does the business case for Keystone XL pipeline make sense?

Nov 9, 2018
A U.S. court wants to know: Is the Keystone XL pipeline still viable with Canadian oil selling at much lower prices than a few years ago?
President Donald Trump announces the final approval of the XL Pipeline following a meeting with the National Economic Council in the Oval Office of the White House on March 24, 2017.  
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In Nebraska, resistance and negotiation along Keystone XL pipeline

Oct 2, 2018
The proposed pipeline would be between Alberta and Nebraska.
Miles of unused pipe, prepared for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, sit in a North Dakota lot back in 2014.
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