TransCanada Plans Another Pipeline; Would Run Through Western Neb.

At its annual meeting in Calgary, Alberta, TransCanada Corp. officials said they are planning another crude oil pipeline that would bring need oil supplies from Alberta to the Gulf Coast — and a possible route would go through western Nebraska. Hal Kvisle, president and CEO of TransCanada, said Keystone Phase II, a 36-inch pipe, would go from Alberta to Nebraska and then turn south to Port Arthur, Texas.

“This would not just be a modest expansion of Keystone,” he said. “It would, in fact, be a larger project than the original Keystone that we’re building over the next two summers.”

As for the original Keystone pipeline, South Dakota’s Public Utilities Commission has approved a construction permit for the portion of the $5.2 billion pipeline that will run through the eastern part of that state, as well as Nebraska.