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TransCanada submits pipeline application to U.S. for second time

GasBuddy Blog -- TransCanada today announced that for the second time, it has submitted a Presidential Permit application to the U.S. Department of State for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline that would carry Canadian crude oil to the Gulf region.

The multi-billion dollar Keystone XL pipeline project will reduce the United States' dependence on foreign oil and support job growth by putting thousands of Americans to work," said Russ Girling, TransCanada's president and chief executive officer, even as many media outlets and critics have called TransCanada's job numbers "a joke".

While Girling did mention the likely reduced dependence on foreign oil and the job growth, he failed to mention that if the Keystone XL pipeline is built, it will...

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Submitted May 04, 2012 By: PD

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justinoles Champion Author Orlando Posts:2,329 Points:708,155 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: May 6, 2012 5:45:22 PM Ignore justinoles Report Abuse It has already been said we won't use the oil, it is just a pipeline to get it to market...
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rver524 Veteran Author Colorado Posts:298 Points:14,320 Joined:Apr 2012	Message Posted: May 6, 2012 5:38:36 PM Ignore rver524 Report Abuse Not for sure if this is a good idea.
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ddkk All-Star Author Illinois Posts:533 Points:1,290,575 Joined:Mar 2005	Message Posted: May 6, 2012 5:36:46 PM Ignore ddkk Report Abuse So just what is the truth here ? Shipping Canadian crummy hydrocarbon tar, through sensitive UAS properties, to the Gulf, to end up . . . where ? . . . China, maybe ? And GBers actually support this ?
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ramshot412 Champion Author Riverside Posts:20,165 Points:2,468,415 Joined:Apr 2004	Message Posted: May 6, 2012 5:10:46 PM Ignore ramshot412 Report Abuse "Ban the pipeline and do not let another corrupt big business do as they please. The more I hear and see of TransCanada the more corrupt I believe they are." And they are just going to sell the oil/refined products to Asia.
HailstormCA Champion Author San Diego Posts:7,860 Points:1,472,995 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: May 6, 2012 5:09:55 PM Ignore HailstormCA Report Abuse Just another way to change the date to keep from saying they're sitting on it.
dpt Champion Author Michigan Posts:2,255 Points:2,204,760 Joined:Mar 2005	Message Posted: May 6, 2012 5:09:52 PM Ignore dpt Report Abuse Agree with PD about the likely consequences of the pipeline, but at least this route is a bit better from the standpoint of Nebraska's objections.
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min_fuel Champion Author Philadelphia Posts:1,956 Points:722,545 Joined:Jan 2008	Message Posted: May 6, 2012 4:55:55 PM Ignore min_fuel Report Abuse Dump Obama, get pipeline, more domestic and North American oil (US Bakken formation oil and Canadian Tar Sand oil) and YES WE CAN drill our way to energy Independence. The Bakken formation, with 1.5 trillion barrels of recoverable oil AND which the pipeline will run through, will be used to move that oil to Gulf Coast refineries, lowing the price of refined petroleum products and jump starting the US economy.
ssect8 Champion Author Hartford Posts:8,004 Points:2,094,720 Joined:Jun 2006	Message Posted: May 6, 2012 4:54:17 PM Ignore ssect8 Report Abuse Hopefully the idiots in DC will let it go thru now.
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f4driver Champion Author Maine Posts:2,520 Points:684,320 Joined:Aug 2007	Message Posted: May 6, 2012 4:46:27 PM Ignore f4driver Report Abuse As long as Ozero is still masquerading as president, forget the XL pipeline, unless he deems is politically expedient to sign off on it.
nigelb Champion Author Virginia Posts:8,470 Points:1,393,705 Joined:Feb 2008	Message Posted: May 6, 2012 4:45:09 PM Ignore nigelb Report Abuse Old but if you have not read it, do so. Explains why Keystone will not help lower domestic pump prices and why it might just increase prices!
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Wes1972 All-Star Author California Posts:650 Points:320,860 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: May 6, 2012 4:41:18 PM Ignore Wes1972 Report Abuse Obama and his green dreamer gang are against locking in safe secure plentiful oil for the US. He wants people broke and backed against the wall so he and the Demorats can have more "programs" that give them control. Obama go home and do your damage there!
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