Regulatory Environment – a Look at the Keystone Pipeline Abstract/Executive Summary TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline is a $7 billion project to bring heavy‚ sour crude oil from tar sands production in Alberta‚ Canada to Port Arthur‚ Texas for refining. It has sparked an ongoing struggle as advocates and opponents of the project make their case in various ways to the Obama Administration (Anonymous‚ 2011‚ Keystone XL Exposed). But is this pipeline ethically the right thing to do?
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to launch an intensive construction plan to create this direct access pipeline. As stated previously‚ the United States is trying to invest in their domestic crude oil production to cut the cost of importing crude oil from the middle east and other areas. Theoretically‚ the managerial approach to public administration contends
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external and internal corrosion control and monitoring for DOT regulated pipelines. – Design‚ construction‚ construction inspection‚ construction acceptance‚ operation‚ and maintenance of DOT regulated pipelines are covered by this Engineering Specification. ABC Chemical Complex 2 Corrosion Control &Monitoring GENERAL – All DOT regulated ABC pipelines require protection from the environment. – Corrosive elements in the pipeline stream must be neutralized or the pipe material must be resistant to
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production and drilling facilities atop the water’s surface‚ as well as from the facility to the seafloor‚ subsea risers are a type of pipeline developed for this type of vertical transportation. Whether serving as production or import/export vehicles‚ risers are the connection between the subsea field developments and production and drilling facilities. Similar to pipelines or flowlines‚ risers transport produced hydrocarbons‚ as well as production materials‚ such as injection fluids‚ control fluids and
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electricity and gas throughout the United States. Enron developed‚ built and operated power plants and pipelines while dealing with there rules of law and other infrastructures world wide. The company owned a large network of natural gas pipelines which stretched worldwide including Northern Natural Gas‚ Florida Gas Transmission‚ Transwestern Pipeline company ‚ and partnership in Northern Border Pipeline from Canada. At its peak Enron employed approximately 22‚000 people and was one of the world’s leading
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discovered in 1990s that it has oil in one of the cities specifically Doba unfortunately Chad is landlocked where they wanted to build a pipeline that pass by the southern west of Chad and it ends up near the Gulf of Guinea‚ Chad is a very poor country plagued by civil wars‚ dictatorships‚ and invasions by foreign powers. Chad is also landlocked‚ meaning that a pipeline through neighboring Cameroon had to be built to allow for the shipping of Chad’s oil. It had no source of funds where it had to seek
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gas from two wells. It was connected by an oil pipeline to Flotta and by gas pipelines to two other installations. In 1988‚ Piper Alpha was operated by Occidental Petroleum (Caledonia) Ltd ("OpCal")‚ a wholly owned subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation. On 6 July 1988‚ there was a massive leakage of gas condensate on Piper Alpha‚ which was ignited causing an explosion which led to large oil fires. The heat ruptured the riser of a gas pipeline from another installation. This produced a further
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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 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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Schizophrenia - Pipeline Review‚ H1 2014 On 8th July 2014 Summary This report "Schizophrenia - Pipeline Review‚ H1 2014’’ provides comprehensive information on the therapeutic development for Schizophrenia‚ complete with comparative analysis at various stages‚ therapeutics assessment by drug target‚ mechanism of action (MoA)‚ route of administration (RoA) and molecule type‚ along with latest updates‚ and featured news and press releases. It also reviews key players involved in the therapeutic
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