TC Energy plans February Keystone XL preconstruction
Jan. 15, 2020
TC Energy Corp. plans to start preconstruction work in February on its 830,000-b/d Keystone XL crude oil pipeline. The company announced its plans in a filing with US District Court in Montana. It intends to mobilize heavy construction equipment in February to begin building the pipeline’s 1.2-mile US-Canada border crossing in April as well as work in Nebraska in June and South Dakota and Montana in August.
Work on the border-crossing segment is still pending federal approvals, including a final environmental impact statement from the US Department of State. Keystone XL was originally expected to be completed in 2012 but has been delayed by legal actions and protests.
US President Donald Trump last year issued an updated presidential permit for the pipeline (OGJ Online, Mar. 29, 2019).
Keystone XL will run 1,179 miles of 36-in. OD pipe to move crude from Hardisty, Alta., to an interconnection in Steele City, Neb., with the existing Keystone pipeline.
