TransCanada pulls Keystone pipeline route application from Nebraska
TransCanada has announced it is withdrawing a route application to put the Keystone XL pipeline through the state of Nebraska.
In a statement, the company said it is pulling the application, filed in October with the Nebraska Public Service Commission, while it considers “next steps” following U.S. President
Barack Obama’s decision to deny the pipeline project.
“We believe it is inappropriate to ask the Commission to continue to move forward on a process that has legally set time lines, while we continue to consider our next course of action,”
TransCanada spokesperson Mark Cooper said in the statement.
“Since receiving the federal denial we have received continued support of shippers, labour organizations, landowners, government leaders, and other stakeholders interested in this project.”
However, Cooper said that the company is reserving the right to reapply to the PSC “at a later date,” and remains committed to “completing the final leg of the Keystone Pipeline system, that has already safely delivered over a billion barrels of Canadian and U.S. crude oil to the Midwest and Gulf Coast.”
On Nov. 6, Obama announced that he would deny a government permit for the pipeline project, saying Keystone would not “serve” America’s “national interests.”
TransCanada pulls Keystone pipeline route application from Nebraska | CTV News
TransCanada has announced it is withdrawing a route application to put the Keystone XL pipeline through the state of Nebraska.
In a statement, the company said it is pulling the application, filed in October with the Nebraska Public Service Commission, while it considers “next steps” following U.S. President
Barack Obama’s decision to deny the pipeline project.
“We believe it is inappropriate to ask the Commission to continue to move forward on a process that has legally set time lines, while we continue to consider our next course of action,”
TransCanada spokesperson Mark Cooper said in the statement.
“Since receiving the federal denial we have received continued support of shippers, labour organizations, landowners, government leaders, and other stakeholders interested in this project.”
However, Cooper said that the company is reserving the right to reapply to the PSC “at a later date,” and remains committed to “completing the final leg of the Keystone Pipeline system, that has already safely delivered over a billion barrels of Canadian and U.S. crude oil to the Midwest and Gulf Coast.”
On Nov. 6, Obama announced that he would deny a government permit for the pipeline project, saying Keystone would not “serve” America’s “national interests.”
TransCanada pulls Keystone pipeline route application from Nebraska | CTV News