The map will be updated and expanded as more data becomes available. The pipeline expansion would cross Native American lands that are protected by treaties signed between the U.S. and the Great Sioux Nation. Why nobody should bet on Keystone XL being built. In response, Trump scrapped the pipeline's State Department approval in March and issued in its place a new presidential permit for Keystone … Despite Trump promises, Keystone XL pipeline would create only about 4,000 construction jobs for a year and only 35 permanent jobs once it opens. Canada already sends 550,000 barrels of oil per day to the US via the existing Keystone Pipeline. Keystone XL is facing a new challenge: The oil producers and refiners the pipeline was originally meant to serve aren't interested in it anymore. At Stantec, we’re proud to have been part of its development. The first two phases are already complete and operational and connect Hardisty to refineries in the Midwest. TransCanada Corp.’s long-delayed Keystone XL is an $8 billion project to construct an oil pipeline that connects Alberta in Canada to the U.S.’s Gulf Coast refineries. The Keystone Pipeline refers to a four phase pipeline project that originates in Hardisty, Alberta and is designed to transport oil sands bitumen, which is a type of heavy crude oil, from Canada into the US where it can be refined. Connecting TransCanada to its markets. The oil fields in Alberta are landlocked and as they are further developed require means of … Native Americans declared that if President Obama grants The purpose of the pipeline is to carry Canadian oil across the U.S. border. The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) or Bakken pipeline is a 1,172-mile-long (1,886 km) underground oil pipeline in the United States. The Keystone Pipeline is a “bullet” pipeline–stretching 3,460 kilometres from Alberta to Illinois and Oklahoma without any intermittent supply or receipt points. For those seeking an overview of the Keystone Pipeline complex, the Keystone Mapping Project’s data has been consolidated into this single map containing available data for milepost markers, waterbody crossings, gas and water wells, and eminent domain filings. After a decade of uncertainty and near-constant battles with federal and state regulators, TransCanada said Thursday it plans to break ground on the Keystone XL oil pipeline … Keystone XL Pipeline: The Keystone XL pipeline is a proposed extension of the Keystone pipeline system that will transport oil from Alberta, Canada to refineries in the United States. Connecting North Americans with energy. By Ross Belot. The State Department, by contrast, estimated that building the pipeline would employ no more than 6,000 construction workers – and that once Keystone was finished, the …