History of the Project

The Keystone Pipeline, also commonly referred to as the Keystone XL Pipeline, originates in Alberta’s tar sands. The XL portion stands for export limited, thus being the expansion of the original pipeline. This expansion of the pipeline will cost roughly 5.3 billion dollars to build. The proposed Keystone XL Pipeline is a crude oil pipeline beginning in Alberta, extending to Nebraska. This pipeline is 1,879 km long, 36 inches in diameter, and it is designed to transport roughly 830,000 barrels of oil per day. The Keystone XL Pipeline is important for energy security and strengthening the American economy. The implemented project will transfer crude oil along this 1,897 km pipeline, additionally, the pipeline will foster significant growth in the crude oil production industry of the United States, allowing American oil producers to access some of the larger refining markets located in the Midwest America, and along the U.S. Gulf Coast. The main purpose of the pipeline is to not only transport greater quantities of oil at one time to various locations, but as a safer means to transport oil. 

References- https://www.transcanada.com/keystone.html