The XL Pipeline

[Care4all]

Do you think a Canadian owned Pipeline running through the US should be allowed to keep our American oil producers from using it, giving preference to Canadian Oil?

That narrative has been proven false long ago,more than one product will be run threw the line,stop with the BS already. pipelines are by far the most economical and safe way to move product.

Really? Me thinks you need to do a bit more research on this instead of brushing it off...

the High Prairie case as an important reminder that major pipeline projects are undertaken solely for the benefit of their owners, and that those interests may not be in sync with those of domestic oil producers, U.S. consumers or anyone else.

"The Enbridge situation shows the danger of relying on these Canadian tar sands crude oil pipelines to move domestic crude to market," said Anthony Swift, an attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council, which opposes the importation of Canada's heaviest crude oil. "The overall layout of the [pipeline] system is now oriented to moving tar sands and heavy Canadian crude produced in Alberta to refiners in the U.S. Midwest and Gulf Coast. That is what's most profitable for companies like TransCanada and Enbridge to move, and that's what their businesses are focused on."

On July 31, High Prairie asked the U.S. State Department to intervene, arguing that it is in the country's national interest to ensure that pipelines in the United States "do not unduly discriminate against U.S. production or in favor of Canadian production."

From 1991 to 2009, the State Department issued a series of cross-border permits to Enbridge with the understanding that the company would operate its U.S. pipeline system as a "common carrier." Federal regulations grant common carrier pipelines sweeping powers in securing land rights-of-way for construction. In return, common carriers must operate as a kind of public pipeline utility, providing all customers with equal access to their facilities.

Bakken Crude and Canadian Oil Sands Battle for Space on U.S. Pipelines Inside Climate News

 

[chikenwing]

Do you think a Canadian owned Pipeline running through the US should be allowed to keep our American oil producers from using it, giving preference to Canadian Oil?

That narrative has been proven false long ago,more than one product will be run threw the line,stop with the BS already. pipelines are by far the most economical and safe way to move product.

Really? Me thinks you need to do a bit more research on this instead of brushing it off...

the High Prairie case as an important reminder that major pipeline projects are undertaken solely for the benefit of their owners, and that those interests may not be in sync with those of domestic oil producers, U.S. consumers or anyone else.

"The Enbridge situation shows the danger of relying on these Canadian tar sands crude oil pipelines to move domestic crude to market," said Anthony Swift, an attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council, which opposes the importation of Canada's heaviest crude oil. "The overall layout of the [pipeline] system is now oriented to moving tar sands and heavy Canadian crude produced in Alberta to refiners in the U.S. Midwest and Gulf Coast. That is what's most profitable for companies like TransCanada and Enbridge to move, and that's what their businesses are focused on."

On July 31, High Prairie asked the U.S. State Department to intervene, arguing that it is in the country's national interest to ensure that pipelines in the United States "do not unduly discriminate against U.S. production or in favor of Canadian production."

From 1991 to 2009, the State Department issued a series of cross-border permits to Enbridge with the understanding that the company would operate its U.S. pipeline system as a "common carrier." Federal regulations grant common carrier pipelines sweeping powers in securing land rights-of-way for construction. In return, common carriers must operate as a kind of public pipeline utility, providing all customers with equal access to their facilities.

Bakken Crude and Canadian Oil Sands Battle for Space on U.S. Pipelines Inside Climate News

Over a hundred years of pipelines in this country have long proven,these very points you think need more research. Stating continually otherwise is not rational.