A Canadian company has built the first piece of the disputed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline across the U.S. border and started work on labor camps in Montana and South Dakota. However, it has not resolved a courtroom setback that would make it hard to finish the $8 billion project. The 1,200-mile pipeline from Alberta
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TC Energy Corp said on Tuesday it would proceed with the construction of the long-delayed $8 billion Keystone XL pipeline project after securing a $1.1 billion equity investment from the Alberta government, extending a lifeline to Canada’s oil sands industry. Alberta, home of the world’s third-largest oil reserves, has struggled for years as congested pipelines
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The Trump administration on Wednesday approved a right-of-way allowing the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline to be built across U.S. land, pushing the controversial $8 billion project closer to construction amidst court challenges. The approval signed by Interior Secretary David Bernhardt and obtained by The Associated Press covers 46 miles (74 kilometers) of the pipeline’s
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Environmentalists asked a federal judge to cancel approvals issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada, opening another front in the legal fight over a long-delayed energy project that President Donald Trump has tried to push through to completion. Attorneys for the Northern Plains Resource Council, Sierra
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The new permit circumvents a court order by a Montana Judge in November that faulted the State Department’s previous environmental analysis. This could pave the way for beginning some preliminary work, according to Clearview Energy Partners. The Keystone XL is an $8 billion project. The pipeline, proposed more than a decade ago, would carry crude
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