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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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