The Keystone XL Pipeline and Public Response

On February 9, 2004, TransCanada Corporation, an energy company headquartered in Alberta, Canada, proposed a plan to install and use a pipeline extending from Canada's Alberta State to a refinery along the Gulf Coast of Texas, USA. It is a factory. The pipeline called Keystone Pipeline is installed in 4 stages, and when completed it will deliver up to 1 million barrels of synthetic crude per day. Two to four stages of the pipeline include a pipeline section located in the United States and located in North Dakota State and South Dakota State, Nebraska State, Missouri State, and Illinois State.

The license of Keystone XL was reviewed on Monday, November 20th, and despite this leak, Keystone XL is still approved. The Keystone XL Pipeline and the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) have been opposed by most people in the US population, and their support for both has steadily declining year by year. Nevertheless, despite the mass protests against these pipelines, the Trump Administration approved the construction license of Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipeline in February 2017.

Thursday, November 16, opponents of Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines confirmed that at least 210,000 gallons of oil leaked through the Keystone pipeline in most areas of the Midwest. This may be underestimated, the kind of oil that Keystone transports, called asphalt, is one of the most destructive oils in the world. South Dakota near Marshall County - Water leak occurred 30 miles west of Traverse Lake Reserve. This is not the first leak of keystone, it is not the last leak. In April 2016, TransCanada acknowledged that at least 17,000 gallons of oil leaked from the Keystone pipeline. The spill detection system installed by TransCanada in the pipeline did not detect leakage in 2016. Instead, the passerby noticed the spill of oil. If you have to rely on a good Samaritan to point out that your pipeline leaked thousands of gallons of oil, maybe you should find a different industry.

Last week, TransCanada 's original Keystone pipeline leaked 210,000 gallons of oil in South Dakota a few days before the Nebraska State Public Services Commission announced a decision to apply for the new Keystone XL pipeline route. Nobody except the committee will lose irony. This is because the Nebraska state law prohibits the committee from considering "safety considerations including risks or consequences of leakage". In other words, these results are a sacrifice for legitimate representatives of all Nebraska for oil and gas producers. This is a strange concept of "public service".