Keystone Pipeline Leak

Like I said before. The Keystone moves very dirty oil to the gulf to get refined into diesel and airplane fuel for Asia and Europe. All we get is the spills. Now we have a big one. Isn't that great?
 
which carries 622,000 barrels per day of Canadian oil to U.S. refineries and export hubs.
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14,000 barrel spill. the alternative is oil trains, and when they wreck fireballs and loss of life accompanies.
 
Nordberg said:
Like I said before. The Keystone moves very dirty oil to the gulf to get refined into diesel and airplane fuel for Asia and Europe. All we get is the spills. Now we have a big one. Isn't that great?
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Phase 1 (complete)

Keystone 30 in (760 mm) pipeline (phase 1) near Swanton, Nebraska (2009)
This 3,456-kilometre-long (2,147 mi) pipeline runs from Hardisty, Alberta, to the junction at Steele City, Nebraska, and on to the Wood River Refinery in Roxana, Illinois, and Patoka Oil Terminal Hub (tank farm) north of Patoka, Illinois.[103] The Canadian section involves approximately 864 kilometres (537 mi) of pipeline converted from the Canadian Mainline natural gas pipeline and 373 kilometres (232 mi) of new pipeline, pump stations and terminal facilities at Hardisty, Alberta.[104]

The United States section is 2,219 kilometres (1,379 mi) long.[104] It runs through Nemaha, Brown and Doniphan counties in Kansas and Buchanan, Clinton, Caldwell, Montgomery, Lincoln and St. Charles counties in Missouri, before entering Madison County, Illinois.[39] Phase 1 went online in June 2010.[1]

Phase 2 (complete)
The Keystone-Cushing pipeline phase connected the Keystone pipeline (phase 1) in Steele City, Nebraska, south through Kansas to the oil hub and tank farm in Cushing, Oklahoma, a distance of 468 kilometres (291 mi) long. It was constructed in 2010 and went online in February 2011.[3]


Truck hauling 36 in (910 mm) pipe to build Keystone-Cushing pipeline (phase 2) southeast of Peabody, Kansas (2010)
Phase 3a (complete)
The Cushing MarketLink pipeline phase started at Cushing, Oklahoma, where American-produced oil is added to the pipeline, then runs south 435 miles (700 km) to a delivery point near terminals in Nederland, Texas, to serve refineries in the Port Arthur, Texas, area. Keystone started pumping oil through this section in January 2014.[4][5][105] Oil producers in the U.S. pushed for this phase so the glut of oil can be distributed out of the large oil tank farms and distribution center in Cushing.

Phase 3b (complete)
The Houston Lateral pipeline phase is a 47-mile (76 km) pipeline to transport crude oil from the pipeline in Liberty County, Texas, to refineries and terminal in the Houston area. This phase was constructed 2013 to 2016 and went online in 2017.[6]
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The Refineries along Texas refine heavy sour crude which they buy at a DISCOUNT and refine into gasoline.. Canadian crude is for the most part heavy sour crude. They don't use heavy SOUR crude for diesel because of it's high sulfur content. Several years back the Federal government put restrictions on diesel content . (Remember when diesel was cheaper than gasoline. It is more expensive than gasoline because they use more expensive light sweet crude that is not sold at discount. So no Canadian oil is not being sold for Diesel Home heating oil or Jet fuel.

Refineries generally prefer sweet crude oil due to its low sulfur content and relatively high yields it produces of high-value products such as gasoline (30 ppm), diesel fuel (15ppm), heating oil (15 ppm) and jet fuel.(15 ppm)
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https://www.investopedia.com/terms/...y prefer sweet crude,heating oil and jet fuel.

The major producers of sour crude oil include: North America: Alberta (Canada), United States' portion of the Gulf of Mexico, Alaska and Mexico. South America: Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sour_...cers of sour,Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador.
 
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Phase 1 (complete)

Keystone 30 in (760 mm) pipeline (phase 1) near Swanton, Nebraska (2009)
This 3,456-kilometre-long (2,147 mi) pipeline runs from Hardisty, Alberta, to the junction at Steele City, Nebraska, and on to the Wood River Refinery in Roxana, Illinois, and Patoka Oil Terminal Hub (tank farm) north of Patoka, Illinois.[103] The Canadian section involves approximately 864 kilometres (537 mi) of pipeline converted from the Canadian Mainline natural gas pipeline and 373 kilometres (232 mi) of new pipeline, pump stations and terminal facilities at Hardisty, Alberta.[104]

The United States section is 2,219 kilometres (1,379 mi) long.[104] It runs through Nemaha, Brown and Doniphan counties in Kansas and Buchanan, Clinton, Caldwell, Montgomery, Lincoln and St. Charles counties in Missouri, before entering Madison County, Illinois.[39] Phase 1 went online in June 2010.[1]

Phase 2 (complete)
The Keystone-Cushing pipeline phase connected the Keystone pipeline (phase 1) in Steele City, Nebraska, south through Kansas to the oil hub and tank farm in Cushing, Oklahoma, a distance of 468 kilometres (291 mi) long. It was constructed in 2010 and went online in February 2011.[3]


Truck hauling 36 in (910 mm) pipe to build Keystone-Cushing pipeline (phase 2) southeast of Peabody, Kansas (2010)
Phase 3a (complete)
The Cushing MarketLink pipeline phase started at Cushing, Oklahoma, where American-produced oil is added to the pipeline, then runs south 435 miles (700 km) to a delivery point near terminals in Nederland, Texas, to serve refineries in the Port Arthur, Texas, area. Keystone started pumping oil through this section in January 2014.[4][5][105] Oil producers in the U.S. pushed for this phase so the glut of oil can be distributed out of the large oil tank farms and distribution center in Cushing.

Phase 3b (complete)
The Houston Lateral pipeline phase is a 47-mile (76 km) pipeline to transport crude oil from the pipeline in Liberty County, Texas, to refineries and terminal in the Houston area. This phase was constructed 2013 to 2016 and went online in 2017.[6]

The Refineries along Texas refine heavy sour crude which they buy at a DISCOUNT and refine into gasoline.. Canadian crude is heavy sour crude. They don't use heavey SOUR crude for diesel because of it's high sulfur content. Several years back the Federal government put restricions on diesel content . (Remember when diesel was cheaper than gasoline It is more expensive than gasoline because they use more expensive light sweet crude that is not sold at discount. So no Candian oil is not being sold for Diesel Home heating oil or Jet fuel.

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/...y prefer sweet crude,heating oil and jet fuel.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sour_...cers of sour,Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador.
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It does not have to be trucked here either. That is not the option. We should have rejected it. Canada was ready to make a pipeline through their land to their coast.
 
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