The Keystone XL Pipeline, a proposed stretch of 1,179 miles from Hardisty, Alberta, to Steele City, Nebraska, would move Canadian oil and support US production growth from the Bakken. Along with transporting 700,000 barrels of Canadian crude oil per day to refineries around Houston and the Gulf of Mexico, the $7 billion pipeline would also support the significant growth of domestic production from the Bakken by adding pipeline capacity. It would also add 20,000 jobs – and, perhaps more importantly, lessen our dependence on oil from places like the unstable Middle East and the unreliable Venezuela.
Can Pipelines Drive US Energy Independence?
The Keystone XL Pipeline, a proposed stretch of 1,179 miles from Hardisty, Alberta, to Steele City, Nebraska, would move Canadian oil and support US production growth from the Bakken. Along with transporting 700,000 barrels of Canadian crude oil per day to refineries around Houston and the Gulf of Mexico, the $7 billion pipeline would also…
