TransCanada Receives Key Permit to Begin Gulf Coast Section of Keystone XL Pipeline

The U.S. Department of State is currently reviewing TransCanada's application for a Presidential Permit to proceed with the 1,179-mile (1,897-km) Keystone XL pipeline from Hardisty, Alberta to Steele City, Nebraska and is expected to make a decision in the first quarter of 2013. TransCanada also continues to work with the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality to finalize a route that avoids the environmentally sensitive Sandhills area of Nebraska.

"The Gulf Coast Project and the entire Keystone system will further help the U.S. achieve true energy security," concluded Girling. "The U.S. Energy Information Administration has forecast the United States will continue to import more than seven million barrels of oil each day into 2035. I continue to believe Americans would prefer to consume their crude oil from domestic producers and from Canada rather than higher-priced oil from countries that do not share American values."