A sharp correction in oil prices is putting the debate around major pipeline projects, such as Keystone XL, into a more nuanced light. Part of the impetus behind constructing new pipelines to carry bitumen from northern Alberta to the U.S. Gulf Coast, Kitimat on the Pacific, or even all the way across the country to Saint John, N.B., was to help close the substantial discount between Canadian oil and world prices. Well, crude’s recent drop into the $85-a-barrel range has basically collapsed the once wide-open spread that had existed between West Texas Intermediate and Brent crude with hardly any new lengths of pipe being laid into the ground at all. More Related to this Story Oil’s slide heightens fears of big market correction IEA cuts 2015 oil demand growth outlook, sees supply hitting prices Morning Business Briefing Oil price slump drives TSX to ‘all-out correction’ energy Video: Are low […]