The needs are in your mind for your personal gains, that is no concern of mine.
Ignore the facts and attack the messenger.
The pipeline will deliver ~500,000 BPD additional feedstock for about $13 billion.
500,000 BPD new refinery would run between 12~21 billion dollars. It is far cheaper to expand existing refineries than build new ones.
http://www.downstreamtoday.com/projects/project.aspx?project_id=41&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
https://www.dmr.nd.gov/pipeline/assets/exec-summary-prf.pdf
Plus you have to build the new refined product pipelines, new power plant, and still have the issue of being away from the demand.
Living around Houston, I've worked on projects in North Dakota, Wyoming, California, East Coast, overseas and many inbetween. This isn't about me and the location would not limit me anyways.