[okie01]

Now, as you say, oil doesn’t have that much affinity to water. But there are things in gas that do.

And the Keystone-XL is a crude oil pipeline, not a products pipeline.

According to the national pipeline map, there is already a web of pipelines across the Sand Hills.

[redgolum]

Yes there is. Some have been very poorly maintained. So much so that leaks have happened. A few have been abandoned with oil still in. This leaves a night mare for the land owner to deal with, at the land owners expense.