Perplexing Pipe Problems: Public Policies and the Debate on Pipeline Construction

摘要

Pipelines have been filling the front pages of North American newspapers for months now. Perhaps none of these pipelines have received more media coverage than TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL pipeline. Initially proposed in 2005, the project is still awaiting regulatory approval from the U.S. State Department. The pipeline system is designed to transport oil from Alberta to Nebraska, and allow easier access to the U.S. market for Albertan oil and gas resources. Numerous oil producers and refiners have signed contracts to eventually send thousands of barrels of oil per day to the American market once the project is completed.