Green Car Congress
MARCH 2, 2013
The US Department of State (DOS) has released its Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) in response to TransCanada’s May 2012 application for the Keystone XL pipeline that would run from Canada’s oils sands in Alberta to Nebraska. The pipeline would primarily transport crude oil from the WCSB and Bakken regions.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 6, 2011
TransCanada Corporation said that its 590,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) capacity Keystone Pipeline system resumed transporting oil sands crude on Sunday, 5 June, after a shutdown 29 May following an above-ground spill at a pump station in Kansas involving less than 10 barrels of oil. —PHMSA Corrective Action Order. Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 10, 2011
The US State Department today said that, “ particularly given the concentration of concerns regarding the environmental sensitivities of the current proposed route through the Sand Hills area of Nebraska ”, it needs to undertake an in-depth assessment of potential alternative routes in Nebraska.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 1, 2014
Incremental well-to-wheels GHG emissions from WCSB Oil Sands Crudes Compared to Well-to-Wheels GHG Emissions from Displacing Reference Crudes Click to enlarge. Domestic production of crude oil has increased significantly, from approximately 5.5 million bpd in 2010 to 6.5 million bpd in 2012 and 7.5 million bpd by mid-2013. million bpd.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 30, 2011
The technology areas ( earlier post ) receiving funding are: PETRO: Plants Engineered To Replace Oil ($36 million). Plants Engineered to Replace Oil (PETRO). Center for Enhanced Camelina Oil (CECO) The team led by the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center will. produces more oil per acre. Lead organization. 3,734,939.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 24, 2017
The permit authorizes TransCanada to construct, to connect, to operate, and to maintain pipeline facilities at the US-Canadian border in Phillips County, Montana for the importation of crude oil. An application to the Nebraska Public Service Commission in early 2017 for approval of its proposed routing in Nebraska.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 27, 2017
In November 2016, then US Secretary of State John Kerry rejected Keystone XL, citing combatting climate change as the critical factor. Kerry noted at that time that the arguments pro and con had been “ overstated ”. Earlier post.).
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