Keystone XL Pipeline | The Brian Mulroney Institute of Government

The Keystone XL pipeline was a highly disputed pipeline project that was meant to carry oil from the Canadian province of Alberta to the American state of Nebraska where it would join the existing Keystone Pipeline network.
In March 2010, the Canadian National Energy Board (NEB) approved the pipeline, which was owned by Trans Canada Corp., but ever since, the pipeline project became a contentious subject between the Canada-US political and economic relationship.
After TransCanada was told by the US State Department to reroute the pipeline, the project was still rejected by former US President Barack Obama in 2012.
The pipeline was supported by President Trump, but once again opposed by President Biden.
The project also received extensive opposition from environmental groups and Indigenous peoples in both Canada and the United States.
Ultimately, in June 2021, TransCanada (TC) Energy, after consultation with the Government of Alberta, terminated the project with about $1 billion profit lost.
This publication gives a background of the Keystone XL pipeline along with the documents explaining the NEB decision to approve the pipeline and further reports and audits made about the project.

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