With the proposed Canadian Keystone XL Pipeline in the midst of approval‚ Americans can look forward to the potential of job growth and less dependencies upon foreign imports. The project proposes a 1‚179 mile‚ 36 inch-diameter crude oil pipe. Crude oil a petroleum product is a liquid composed of hydrocarbons‚ organic compounds and small amounts of metal. It is created through the heating and compression of organic materials‚ over a long time period. The pipeline would start in the town of Hardisty
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President Obama should reject the Keystone XL pipeline. Canadian Alberta Oil Sands production is set to double by 2020‚ and the oil companies must find new markets for this oil. The key enabler to transport all this excess oil into new markets is a company called TransCanada‚ a Canadian pipeline company. Keystone XL pipeline is a project proposed by TransCanada with 1‚179 mile (1‚897 km)‚ 36-inch diameter crude oil pipeline beginning in Hardisty‚ Alberta‚ Canada and extending south through American
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Keystone XL Pipeline As controversy continues to rise‚ political and moral disputes encompass the decision to construct the extension of a tunnel containing a composition of today’s most beloved resource‚ and what has been referred to as “black gold” by the Arabs during the 20th century oil boom. The Keystone XL Pipeline would potentially transport thousands of barrels of oil from its source in Alberta‚ Canada‚ to refineries throughout the Midwest and Gulf Coast region of the United States. The
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Keystone XL Pipeline A proposed oil pipeline project will have the capacity to transport thounsands of barrels of crude oil to refineries in Oklahoma‚ Illinois‚ and the Gulf Coast of Texas. The Keystone XL is a 1‚711-mile pipeline delivering Canadian crude oil to United States oil markets. This project is a response to the market demand for heavy crude oil in the Unites States. The pipeline will also be used to transport crude oil to the Cushing tank farm in the Midwest region. Many refineries
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Keystone XL pipeline will be great for United States economy because it will bring more taxes to government from oil companies and public. However‚ the effect on the environment‚ economy and residents of America are destructive. The things through which people and environment will be affected are: Water‚ forest destruction‚ disease. First‚ the Keystone XL pipeline would travel through rivers such as Missouri river‚ Yellowstone‚ and Red rivers. Two million of population is depended on these rivers
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Austin Van Hoesen Professor Ratcliffe WRC 1023 28th February 2013 Accept Keystone with an Understanding Is the Keystone XL Pipeline really worth the risk? There are many Americans that believe so and there are just as many that don’t think so. Each side has their reasons and they are sufficient reasons backed up by liable sources. The Keystone XL Pipeline is a pipeline system that would transport crude oil for the Tar Sands in Alberta‚ Canada‚ through the continental United States all the way
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TransCanada argues with America how this Keystone XL pipeline will be one of the greatest ideas ever. They state how building the rest of the keystone pipeline system which is 1‚179 miles of the pipeline between Alberta and Nebraska which will boost the American economy. For the reason that this very expensive pipeline project will create over 9‚000 construction jobs in American for both men and woman. Also on the TransCanada website they promised‚ “Keystone XL will add more than an estimated $100
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The Keystone XL pipeline is a pipeline that runs from Canada to the United States. This pipeline would take expensive Canadian tar sand oil in Alberta to the southeast part of Texas next to the Gulf of Mexico‚ so petroleum products can be transported around the world. This great project would supply petroleum demands and create many jobs. The battle between industrialists for the petroleum and the environmentalists against the petroleum has great influence on the Keystone pipeline. The only thing
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In the U.S.‚ these asylum seekers are also being ostracized‚ from the signing of executive orders by the new administration. The White House said that U.S steel is not required for the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline‚ despite the executive order that the president signed. The Keystone XL pipeline is a tool‚ that is globalizing North America; it is further connecting the United States and Canada‚ using a product that we all use‚ oil. Mercedes-Benz is recalling about 1 million cars and SUVs
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The Keystone XL Pipeline was a proposed pipeline that would have transported crude oil from Hardisty‚ Alberta to Steele City‚ Nebraska. The pipeline would have stretched 1‚179 miles in a direct path to Steele City‚ Nebraska. The proposed pipeline was hoping to bring thousands of jobs to the market‚ strengthen the economy of the US and the communities surrounding the pipeline‚ and of course to transport oil in a safe way to fuel the needs of the American people. After seven years of review‚ the
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