Keystone Remains Locked: Elections Most Likely to Decide its Future
Years of politicking has held up construction of Keystone XL pipeline, but the political winds are shifting and the heavy crude is making its way to refineries by other means. For the last seven-plus years, TransCanada Corp. executives have racked up frequent flyer points and probably worn out several dress shoes trying to convince Americans to get onboard with their proposed Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline. Various iterations of the route have been bandied about between politicians, engineers and business leaders. Town halls have cropped up throughout the mid-continent. And harsh words have been exchanged in the news and likely in closed-door meetings. And yet almost a decade later, barrels of Canada’s heavy oil sands have made their way to the Gulf Coast by hook or by crook – or, more often by rail or by truck – and the KXL remains in limbo. Keystone had actually faded from the […]