Keystone Pipeline

The Keystone Pipeline System is an oil pipeline system in Canada and the United States. It was created in 2010 and owned by TC Energy and, as of March 2020, the Government of Alberta.^[1][2][3][4]

It runs from the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin in Alberta to refineries in Illinois and Texas.^[5]

The pipeline has been controversial with many protests from environmentalists happening near the construction site.

In 2015, KXL was temporarily delayed by President Barack Obama. On January 24, 2017, President Donald Trump ordered for the pipeline's construction to start again. On January 20, 2021, President Joe Biden signed an executive order^[6] to end the permit to continue its construction.^[7] On June 9, 2021, TC Energy ended plans for the Keystone XL Pipeline.^[8][9]

1. ↑ "TC Energy – Keystone XL Pipeline". www.tcenergy.com. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
2. ↑ "Keystone XL pipeline project". www.alberta.ca.
3. ↑ "Premier Kenney announces Keystone XL pipeline investment". Province of Alberta. 31 March 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-11-07.
4. ↑ "TC Energy to Build Keystone XL Pipeline". NK Research Corp. Canadian Insider. 31 March 2020.
5. ↑ "The link between Keystone XL and Canadian oilsands production" (PDF). Pembina Institute. April 2011.
6. ↑ "Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis". Federal Register. 86: 7037. January 20, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
7. ↑ "Authorizing TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P., To Construct, Connect, Operate, and Maintain Pipeline Facilities at the International Boundary Between the United States and Canada". Federal Register. 84: 13,101. March 29, 2019. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
8. ↑ Puko, Timothy (2021-06-09). "Keystone XL Oil Project Abandoned by Developer". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
9. ↑ Brown, Matthew (2021-06-09). "Keystone XL pipeline nixed after Biden stands firm on permit". AP News. Retrieved 2021-06-10.