Keystone XL Approval Unlikely This Year

Approval of the Keystone XL pipeline is unlikely to come this year.

The comment regarding the approval of the Keystone XL pipeline came from Canada’s natural resource minister Joe Oliver. The pipeline has yet to be approved by the U.S. State Department. If the pipeline is approved it would bring crude oil from Canada across the border into America, reports Reuters.

The Keystone XL pipeline project started five years ago. If approved, the pipeline would stretch from Canada to Nebraska and then hookup to pipelines that would extend to the Gulf Coast. The part of the pipeline that stretches from Okla. to the Gulf Coast is nearly finished. This part of the pipeline is close to being finished because it doesn’t need approval to cross an international border, reports National Public Radio.