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| Giant oil pipeline in the works from Alberta to the Gulf - Environmentalists worried |
| 2010-12-23 |
| Known as Keystone, the project is an expansion of an existing pipeline that now terminates in Oklahoma. Stretching over 1,600 miles -- four times the length of the Trans-Alaska system -- the new pipeline would be one of the biggest in the country. Canada's oil sands have drawn numerous critics who say the way the oil is extracted harms the environment. Does this explain our neglect of the Alaskan pipeline? Why not have both? |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #7 Glenmore...Estimates in the Beaufort are conservatively in the 15 to 20 bbl range, with the same in Chukchi. Nobody really knows about the minuscule piece of ANWR they want to drill, but estimates range from 5 to 25 bbl. And it's all relatively high quality crude. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2010-12-23 21:36 |
| #6 This has been in planning and under construction for years. So why are they just now getting worried? Thats right...shakedown time. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2010-12-23 17:19 |
| #5 Environmentalists seem to oppose any energy development but they absolutely hate development of the Albertan tar sands |
| Posted by: CincinnatusChili 2010-12-23 16:16 |
| #4 Makes sense. The heavy oil sands of Alberta have been developed to the capacity of the existing distribution system and there is room for a lot more development. It's not clear there is enough additional oil in Alaska to even keep the existing pipeline operational for a lot longer. There is a LOT of 'stranded' gas on the North Slope (both Alaska and Canada) and I thought a pipeline for that stuff would be coming along, but then they figured out how to get gas from all those shales and tight sands in the Lower 48, with better economics than the Arctic. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-12-23 15:18 |
| #3 It would be nice if they could foist Global Warming and Social Inequality upon the pipe as well. |
| Posted by: bigjim-CA 2010-12-23 12:44 |
| #2 Women, children and minorities to be hit hardest. |
| Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2010-12-23 12:30 |
| #1 ANWR must be developed further before there is oil to put in the Alaska pipeline. |
| Posted by: tipover 2010-12-23 11:38 |