The U.S. needs the oil the Keystone will bring into the nation to supply considerable import requirements.- There are now 2.5 million miles of pipeline in the U.S.. It is the safest way to transport petroleum and this will be some of the safest.- The oil goes to refineries on the Gulf Coast that are now configured to handle heavy oil and need the supplies.- The petroleum would replace dwindling supplies of heavy oil from less secure and less friendly sources such as Venezuela, Nigeria, etc.- The oil will be available to U.S. consumers as well as to other consumers on the world market. Except the U.S. will have a transportation cost advantage.- The pipeline is diverted around the Ogallala aquifer which now has around 30,000 miles of pipeline. The original plan, that was changed, would cross 94 miles of Ogallala.- The environmentalists and faux environmentalists, many of whom are funded by national oil companies from countries that fear competition from the third largest oil reserve on the planet, have been very effective in hoodwinking the people with one-sided arguments.
Harley, did you watch the “60 Minutes” segment about BP Oil earlier this year? BP has the worst record, hands down, of following safety and environmental regulations in the WORLD! They visited the BP installation in northern Alaska and found numerous leakage there, and no clean-up efforts, despite written “warnings” by the EPA and other agengies. (NO fines!)Also, just a few weeks back, the NY Times did a front-page piece about the many blow-outs of oil wells in N. Dakota, very few of which are reported. Below is one case which WAS just reported:.Dec 3 (Reuters) – About 473 gallons of brine has spilled from a Continental Resources Inc pipeline in the northwest corner of North Dakota and remediation crews are on site, the state’s Department of Health said on Wednesday.
The brine, a kind of super-concentrated saltwater, leached down a hill, through cattails and onto a frozen prairie pothole, a type of marsh common in the Midwest, the department said in a statement.
It was not immediately clear if the leak affected the standing water underneath the frozen pothole and Continental is conducting tests, state officials said.
The spill occurred sometime between Nov. 29 and Dec. 1 and was reported to state officials on Tuesday, the department said.
The spill was caused by a faulty gasket connected to a cleaning apparatus on the brine pipeline, the end of which is located in a building with a dirt floor on a hill near McGregor, North Dakota. When the gasket failed, brine seeped through the dirt floor and approximately 125 feet down the hill to the pothole, the department said.
A state inspector is at the scene overseeing remediation. Fines for brine spills are decided on a case-by-base basis, the department said.
A Continental representative was not immediately available to comment..Just like the Horizon/Gulf blowout, gaskets seem to be a problem!!
I would point this out. The Alaskan Pipeline is only is one state the proposed Keystone would cross multiple states. What this means is that in all likelihood each state would be responsible for maintaining their section of it. Which means that each would give different amounts of resources to do so.
Interesting to see how human nature works. Here in Central Virginia, Dominion Power is looking to lay a natural gas pipeline. The voters here are overwhelmingly Republican and they can’t say enough about how important it is that the Keystone pipeline becomes a reality.
But none of them want a pipeline through this area.
harley; Bakkan oil is coming off railroad grant mineral estate, to CONOCO, who now owns Burlington Northern, and that mineral estate was GIVEN by the GOVERNMENT to the railroad to operate rail in PERPETUITY, that they’re NOT doing! Also, CONOCO is now stealing oil from private landowners in the area, and suing to get to steal more, and other estate is the property of the STATE which is also GoVERNMENT, not “private” land. And that’s just Bakkan, the Gulf of Mexico is not providing lease revenue to the taxpayers who OWN the oil, because the companies phonied up a lease, sued, and are not paying royalties, on billions of excess profits- thank you very much TAXPAYERS being ripped off by Exxon Mobil, and others!
Tar sands are neither “heavy oil”, nor the more favorable “light sweet crude”, rather a very nasty bit of matter, and the pipeline is the least of the problems shipping from Canada for processing, and then export, presently planned represent. BTW; plans are also under way, as originally planned, to export that Wyoming natural gas as well.
Gypsy8 over 9 years ago
The U.S. needs the oil the Keystone will bring into the nation to supply considerable import requirements.- There are now 2.5 million miles of pipeline in the U.S.. It is the safest way to transport petroleum and this will be some of the safest.- The oil goes to refineries on the Gulf Coast that are now configured to handle heavy oil and need the supplies.- The petroleum would replace dwindling supplies of heavy oil from less secure and less friendly sources such as Venezuela, Nigeria, etc.- The oil will be available to U.S. consumers as well as to other consumers on the world market. Except the U.S. will have a transportation cost advantage.- The pipeline is diverted around the Ogallala aquifer which now has around 30,000 miles of pipeline. The original plan, that was changed, would cross 94 miles of Ogallala.- The environmentalists and faux environmentalists, many of whom are funded by national oil companies from countries that fear competition from the third largest oil reserve on the planet, have been very effective in hoodwinking the people with one-sided arguments.
moosemin over 9 years ago
Harley, did you watch the “60 Minutes” segment about BP Oil earlier this year? BP has the worst record, hands down, of following safety and environmental regulations in the WORLD! They visited the BP installation in northern Alaska and found numerous leakage there, and no clean-up efforts, despite written “warnings” by the EPA and other agengies. (NO fines!)Also, just a few weeks back, the NY Times did a front-page piece about the many blow-outs of oil wells in N. Dakota, very few of which are reported. Below is one case which WAS just reported:.Dec 3 (Reuters) – About 473 gallons of brine has spilled from a Continental Resources Inc pipeline in the northwest corner of North Dakota and remediation crews are on site, the state’s Department of Health said on Wednesday.
The brine, a kind of super-concentrated saltwater, leached down a hill, through cattails and onto a frozen prairie pothole, a type of marsh common in the Midwest, the department said in a statement.
It was not immediately clear if the leak affected the standing water underneath the frozen pothole and Continental is conducting tests, state officials said.
The spill occurred sometime between Nov. 29 and Dec. 1 and was reported to state officials on Tuesday, the department said.
The spill was caused by a faulty gasket connected to a cleaning apparatus on the brine pipeline, the end of which is located in a building with a dirt floor on a hill near McGregor, North Dakota. When the gasket failed, brine seeped through the dirt floor and approximately 125 feet down the hill to the pothole, the department said.
A state inspector is at the scene overseeing remediation. Fines for brine spills are decided on a case-by-base basis, the department said.
A Continental representative was not immediately available to comment..Just like the Horizon/Gulf blowout, gaskets seem to be a problem!!
ishannon5289 over 9 years ago
I would point this out. The Alaskan Pipeline is only is one state the proposed Keystone would cross multiple states. What this means is that in all likelihood each state would be responsible for maintaining their section of it. Which means that each would give different amounts of resources to do so.
I Play One On TV over 9 years ago
Interesting to see how human nature works. Here in Central Virginia, Dominion Power is looking to lay a natural gas pipeline. The voters here are overwhelmingly Republican and they can’t say enough about how important it is that the Keystone pipeline becomes a reality.
But none of them want a pipeline through this area.
Insert punch line of your choice here.
I Play One On TV over 9 years ago
No. Not at all. But thanks for playing. And here’s a home version of our game….
Dtroutma over 9 years ago
harley; Bakkan oil is coming off railroad grant mineral estate, to CONOCO, who now owns Burlington Northern, and that mineral estate was GIVEN by the GOVERNMENT to the railroad to operate rail in PERPETUITY, that they’re NOT doing! Also, CONOCO is now stealing oil from private landowners in the area, and suing to get to steal more, and other estate is the property of the STATE which is also GoVERNMENT, not “private” land. And that’s just Bakkan, the Gulf of Mexico is not providing lease revenue to the taxpayers who OWN the oil, because the companies phonied up a lease, sued, and are not paying royalties, on billions of excess profits- thank you very much TAXPAYERS being ripped off by Exxon Mobil, and others!
Dtroutma over 9 years ago
Tar sands are neither “heavy oil”, nor the more favorable “light sweet crude”, rather a very nasty bit of matter, and the pipeline is the least of the problems shipping from Canada for processing, and then export, presently planned represent. BTW; plans are also under way, as originally planned, to export that Wyoming natural gas as well.
timgilley over 9 years ago
Economic strength in all facets of the economy is essential for national security.