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Quarter 2010

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tion of emissions. The EPA’s final rule on who has to

report greenhouse gas emissions leaves out interstate

pipelines, but it remains unclear as to whether the

pipeline industry will be mentioned specifically in yet-

to-be published requirements. Pipelines generate green-

house gases from at least two sources: the engines that

run compressors and the methane from the compressor

itself.

Liquids and Crude Transport

Canada is becoming an increasingly important trading

partner as the U.S. looks to hit the previous President’s

goal of reducing foreign oil imports by 75 percent by

2025. Currently, Canada is the largest source of crude

and crude product imports to the U.S., and the only

supplier that sends oil over land.

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Once reaching the

U.S., the vast majority of movement of crude is via

pipeline (Exhibit 8). The Alberta Clipper Pipeline proj-

ect has received approval from U.S. State Departments

and construction has begun on the $3 billion project

from Hardisty, Alberta, to Superior, Wis. The 672-mile

Canadian leg is already mechanically complete, and

the pipeline will go into service when construction has

finished on the remaining 328 miles in the U.S.

The $12 billion Keystone pipeline is currently under

construction to bring oil from the oil sands of north-

eastern Alberta to refineries in Patoka, Ill., and Cush-

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