Texas has some Texas sized production of Oil and Natural Gas, and the recent advances in drilling is increasing that production.
South Dakota is starting to be a player in oil production...
There is a need for pipelines to move Natural Gas, Gasoline, Diesel, and Propane to other parts of the country...
But our current administration has stacked the deck against oil companies and such projects as Keystone...
There is a reason the Keystone pipeline goes to Texas. Texas has the largest number of refineries in the US and more pipelines going north than any state. I used to own stock in the largest pipeline company in Texas and their material to me showed the huge number of pipelines snaking underground from our refineries to the north. The amount of refining other states, such as Louisiana, is minuscule compared to Texas. The country couldn't exist on those.
If I remember right, the oil reserve facilities for this country is also in Texas. I would have to look that up to be sure. I seem to remember when oil prices were very high, I read the govn. was considering taking some of their oil reserve from Texas. Since I didn't know it was in Texas, it made an impression on me. If I'm wrong about that, I apologize before someone hits me on the head about that fact.