Agreed, Also instead of building the Keystone XL pipeline, why not build a refinery in North Dakota, plenty of oil from Canada and North Dakota and with the rail lines refined petrol could be shipped out to supply the Northern USA with plenty of oil. Why ship it ALL the way to Houston just to refine it?
Of Course the greenies would flip a biscuit if we built any more refineries.
Is it true they are "flairing" the Natural Gas?
If so that is a sin and a Gas to Liquid ( GTL ) plant to get it converted to a very clean diesel fuel would be a quick win / win.
My brother used to work for Shell Chemical.
He said a new refinerery costs nearly 20B to build and that doesn’t include the 20 years it would take to get it approved by the EPA.
A very good question but the answer is kind of sad.