1、 Keystone XL Pipeline: The Saga Continues Paul W. Parfomak Specialist in Energy and Infrastructure Policy June 11, 2019 On March 29, 2019, President Trump issued a new Presidential Permit for the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline, superseding the prior Presidential Permit issued by the U.S. State Depart
2、ment in 2017. By issuing the new permit personally, rather than delegating his permit authority as before, the President pursued a new approach to advance the pipeline project in the face of ongoing legal challenges. The pipelines developer, TC Energy (previously named TransCanada), has not yet made
3、 major capital commitments to the project as it evaluates changing oil market conditions and seeks “a clear path to construction.” Congress has acted in the past to influence the pipelines approval and many Members remain interested in its development. Keystone XL Pipeline Project Keystone XL is int
4、ended to transport oil sands crude from western Canada, and shale oil from North Dakota and Montana, to a hub in Nebraska for further delivery to Gulf Coast refineries (Figure 1). The U.S. pipeline section would be 880 miles long with the capacity to deliver 830,000 barrels per day. The project is m
