Viral Swing: Keystone's existing pipeline spills far more than predicted to regulators

Tuesday, 28 November 2017

Keystone's existing pipeline spills far more than predicted to regulators

TransCanada Corp's existing Keystone pipeline has leaked substantially more oil, and more often, in the United States than indicated in risk assessments the company provided to regulators before the project began operating in 2010, according to documents reviewed by Reuters. The Canadian company is now seeking to expand the pipeline system linking Alberta's oil fields to U.S. refineries with its proposed Keystone XL project, which has U.S. President Donald Trump's backing.