[thackney]

"The Canadian company seeking to build the massive Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL pipeline through the U.S. reapplied for a permit on Friday, pushing the politically sensitive issue back onto President Obama’s plate six months before the election."

Sad that the reporter did not bother to learn the updates on the project.

The current project permit application is only from Canada to Nebraska.

TransCanada Applies for Keystone XL Presidential Permit
http://www.transcanada.com/6040.html
May 4, 2012

TransCanada Corporation (TSX:TRP) (NYSE:TRP) (TransCanada) announced today it has submitted a Presidential Permit application to the U.S. Department of State (DOS) for the Keystone XL Pipeline from the U.S./Canada border in Montana to Steele City, Nebraska. TransCanada will supplement that application with an alternative route in Nebraska as soon as that route is selected.

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The Cushing, Oklahoma to Gulf Coast portion is now a separate project. This does not require State Department (and therefore Presidential) approval as it does not cross any border.

http://www.transcanada.com/gulf-coast-pipeline-project.html

[Western Phil]

Are they dropping the Steele City to Cushing segment? Is there enough capacity available to skip that part?