In regards to the sourcing of steel pipe used for this pipeline, who supplied the pipe for the portions of the keystone that have already been installed? Was it US or foreign sourced?
More importantly, did the pipe used meet US engineering and safety standards? This is a critical infrastructure application, and few manufacturers in the world can even meet the specifications, let alone pass testing.
If you want to go low foreign bidder to save a buck, or push your import business, that’s fine and all, but with the first major failure, you and your interests will be held criminally liable.
The fact that you don't even know the answer to this question tells me that it doesn't even matter where it was sourced. Can you even tell me where the food you've eaten today came from?
More importantly, did the pipe used meet US engineering and safety standards? This is a critical infrastructure application, and few manufacturers in the world can even meet the specifications, let alone pass testing.
I can tell you from professional experience that national borders have very little influence on "engineering standards." If there are specifications for pipeline safety and the pipelines would have to meet those specs, then why do you care where the materials come from? Whoever can meet the specifications can provide the piping -- period.
If you want to go low foreign bidder to save a buck, or push your import business, that’s fine and all, but with the first major failure, you and your interests will be held criminally liable.
I'm sure every major player in the energy industry from Exxon/Mobil to Chevron/Texaco to Suncor to Imperial Oil to Enbridge knows this. They don't need the U.S. government to tell them this.