Posted on 01/20/2012 10:35:08 AM PST by epithermal
TransCanada Corp. is considering building U.S. portions of its Keystone XL pipeline and later seeking approval of an Alberta link to circumvent the Obama administration's rejection of the $7-billion project.
There is no requirement for a presidential permit to lay pipe anywhere in the United States, provided the line doesn't extend across the border into Canada.
On the table is a segment between the oversupplied oil storage hub of Cushing, Okla., and Gulf Coast refining centres in Texas, as well as a longer line from Montana to the Gulf Coast, executives said Thursday.
"I think that clearly, with yesterday's decision, we are now open to amending or changing our plans to building this in segments," TransCanada chief executive Russ Girling told an investor conference in Whistler, B.C. "As we've said before, that's dependent on the interest of our shippers in doing that."
Building an Oklahoma-to-Texas section alone would cost TransCanada $2 billion, said Girling, who told investors the company has already spent $1.9 billion on the Keystone XL project.
(Excerpt) Read more at calgaryherald.com ...
Good news. Obama can go to hell.
This is great and smart.
I hope it drives 0dumbo nuts
LOL. I love it!
Adapt and overcome, eh? Take that, ya hoser!
Excellent! I had wondered if they would figure out a plan to bide their time until Obama get tossed from office. This looks like that plan.
Oh please..........Money is the mothers milk of american politics. Simply put, the oil producers interest did not outbribe the environmental coalitions both in short term and long term funding to the Obama Administration, DNC and it’s leadership.
It will be funny to see how Obama reacts to getting bypassed, like he bypasses Congress when he can’t get what he wants.
The “people” just can`t wait for him so we will do it without him. You have to love it !
Could be good news to Big Ears. He gets the loonies money while the project & jobs go thru. Then blames the evil (R)s.
He will "deem" it all a part of a larger project and then act as if the entire project were being done all at once.
-PJ
I for one am glad this President is defending our borders from the influx of illegal energy.
I love it!!!!
LOL. Quite right.
I agree
LOVE it
and the people who get hired to build it will love it even more
I wonder if any union people who get hired will still vote for that POS 0dumbo
What I don’t understand is why Canada needs a pipeline for crude to the gulf for refining. For the same money, Canada could build its’ own set of refineries, become a real player, and sell the fuel anywhere.
Go under, go over, go around, but whatever way, go through.
A positive decision could have been provided in five days, if The Won did not have his head up so far that he has to have a lens placed in his navel to see to navigate.
If the Republicans cannot pick up this issue and beat the current regime in the White Hut over the head with it, then they have no business even offering up a candidate to replace him. This is custom-made, it is of the right size and the right issue to slam into the very gut of the opposition, making points that could not be challenged for generations.
I wouldn't be surprised to see that the other side isn't the environmentalists, but rather oil producers in the Mid-East. Pumping millions of new barrels of oil hurts them the most. On the other hand, it is always possible that no one is bribing Obama, but rather he is intent on harming the country for free.
"Later", translated in this case as, "when there isn't an America-hating toad in the White House."
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.