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CDN oilsands makes its way to Texas

hypocritexposer

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Canada-based Enbridge Inc. (NYSE: ENB) and Houston-based Enterprise Products Partners LP (NYSE: EPD) celebrated Jan. 16 the beginning of delivery of Canadian tar sands crude oil to the Houston area through a new pipeline system. While the Keystone XL pipeline remains mired in political debate, Enbridge and Enterprise on Dec. 21 delivered the first high-volume Canadian crude to Freeport, Texas through the newly completed Seaway Pipeline system twin loop and the new Flanagan South pipeline. The two pipeline systems connect in Cushing, Oklahoma, with the new Seaway loop delivering up to 450,000 barrels of oil a day of Canadian crude...

Jim Teague, Enterprise executive vice president and COO, called the effort a "heck of a marriage" between Enbridge with its Canadian crude "supply aggregation" and Enterprise with its "distribution system" to every refinery in the Texas City, Houston, Beaumont and Port Arthur regions.

http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/blog/drilling-down/2015/01/enbridge-enterprise-deliver-high-volume-canadian.html?page=all
 

Steve

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While the brownfield nature of the project has given Flanagan South a leg up, and financing is no problem with Enbridge’s deep pockets and strong commitment, the project has its challenges and chances to bring state-of-art equipment and processes to bear. Sitek and Anderson are readily willing to outline some of the advancements that represent the collective lessons learned for Enbridge and the industry from other mega-projects now in operation.

“This project is sort of part of the repiping of America,” said Sitek, with a mixture of pride and matter-of-factness. “Much of the pipeline infrastructure that we have had historically has been geared toward taking foreign crude and moving it around internally [in the United States]. With all of the increased production in Western Canada and the Bakken Shale play [in North Dakota and eastern Montana], the goal now is to move that North American crude to the refining centers on the Gulf of Mexico. This pipeline will be a key in doing that.”

In early June, Canada’s National Energy Board helped moderate two days of discussions on safety and the prospects for future regulation regarding large-scale pipelines. The top five Canadian pipeline companies, including Enbridge, were represented by senior executives before a packed house of industry, community and government officials.

Noting that a new level of reliability and safety is being crafted by major pipeline companies, Enbridge CEO Al Monaco said the industry is “making a jump from one that celebrates statistical success to one that strives for zero incidents.” As a result, internally, Enbridge has established a company initiative dubbed “Our Path to Zero,” a variation on a theme for most major pipelines these days
 

backhoeboogie

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Dims are wanting to raise fuel taxes because fuel is so cheap.

Can't they tax the pipelines? If so we should have Keystone back on track in no time.
 

Steve

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loomixguy said:
Wouldn't surprise me if Jane Kleeb, the main honcho at BOLD Nebraska, is getting a taste of this.

unless she arrives at the protest riding a horse, she is "invested" in crude and supporting the building of the pipelines every time she turns the key..
 

loomixguy

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Jane lives only 40 miles from me. I have no way of knowing, but I'd bet she drives a Prius. Her husband, Scott, made a failed bid for the Senate a number of years ago. He was a carpetbagger DeLuxe, not unlike Hillary or J. Bob Kerrey. I think the folks here have no idea how lucky we were that he didn't get in.
 

mrj

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I don't know how pipelines are taxed on the national level, other than in income taxes on everyone, but WHEN Keystone XL gets built in SD, they will be paying property taxes, which will help all the farmers, ranchers, homeowners, businesses, and any other property owners in a state where agriculture bears a very large share of the tax burden. I am eager for that help! Further, I believe those fighting against that pipeline should step up and pay an increased levy on their own land taxes to help with building county roads until the pipeline starts paying taxes AND building roads, as they will be doing on their own to bring county roads in areas they will be travelling regularly.

mrj
 
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