The phrase
"new pipelines" refers to the creation or construction of fresh channels, usually for transporting resources like oil, gas, or water from one place to another.
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Clearly, the difference in emissions besides the other benefits of using domestic resources should make the state's decision in favor
of new pipeline capacity straightforward.
This decrease in overall gas use will reduce capacity constraints of existing pipelines and the need
for new pipelines.
There is also some uncertainty over the impact, if any,
new pipeline capacity could have on railroad demand since it represents an alternative transportation method.
The promise of carbon capture and storage depends
on new pipelines and liability rules.
Rather than building
new pipeline infrastructure to make it easier to transport oil, we need to be working towards policies to leave these fuels in the ground.
A few years ago an economic case could have been made to break ground on a
major new pipeline project from the oil sands, but that time has now come and gone.
In fact, concerns about natural gas supply and the impacts of
proposed new pipelines prompted no fewer than three separate studies on the issue last year.
Any new gas could
need new pipeline infrastructure, which can take at least five years to develop.
Keystone, though, would be a
brand new pipeline and one held to higher standards than most.
That tells me the volume of energy products moving through pipelines will continue to increase even
when new pipelines are built.
If my understanding is correct, half of the intent behind
new pipeline development is to bypass and render obsolete much of the existing pipeline capacity.
His administration has blocked some
large new pipelines by denying water permits but approved smaller projects that mainly lie in existing rights of way or upgrade the capacity of existing systems.
Indeed, just ask the oil industry itself how
important new pipeline connections are to not only increasing production, but also the very commercial viability of the oil sands resource.
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build new pipelines to grow the supply.
A major
new pipeline project, as last week's spill on a much smaller line illustrates, carries any number of risks to the environment.
But in a possible sign that the agency recognizes times are changing, it has recently slowed the approval process for some
proposed new pipelines, apparently to conduct more thorough environmental reviews.
«Far from
needing new pipelines, the oil sands industry will soon have problems filling the capacity of existing ones in tomorrow's emission - constrained world,» he said.
Spectra Energy is contemplating investing up to $ 6 billion in
new pipelines in B.C. after 2015.
Two stark numbers illustrate the challenge the administration faces in ensuring pipeline safety while pressing ahead
with new pipeline projects: 135 federal inspectors oversee 2.6 million miles of pipeline, which means each inspector is responsible for almost enough pipe to circle the Earth.
An op - ed by Diana Furchtgott - Roth in The Globe and Mail was quick to conclude that «after Saturday's tragedy in Lac - Mégantic, Que., it is time to speed up the approval of
new pipeline construction in North America....
«Post-2020, we do have a gradual narrowing of the spread back to the US$ 16 to US$ 17 per barrel range by 2023,»
as new pipeline export capacity is expected to become operational.
What Canada needs is a different «grand bargain,» which may or may not
include new pipelines but most definitely requires a step change in boldness to create winning conditions for all parts of the country in a low - carbon world.
«Saying no to the pipeline will not stop Canada from developing the tar sands, but it will force the construction of
new pipelines through Canada itself.
He referred to stopping the «tar sands» when most NDPers had fallen in with the «oil sands» conventional phrasing, and demanded a full embrace of Avi Lewis's manifesto to
stop new pipelines and rapidly shift away from fossil fuels, while the party was set to instead consider a major two - year debate on its wide - ranging elements.
It would add
new pipeline alongside existing 60 year old pipeline, carrying bitumen through areas including Jasper National Park, across the Vedder Fan aquifer and potentially see a supertanker loaded every day at the Burrard Inlet marine terminal.
Beyond a few thousand jobs during construction,
new pipelines such as Trans Mountain probably wouldn't do much for new jobs (or new payroll taxes) either, since they would not spur significant new upstream investment at current crude oil prices.
This is
because new pipelines coming on - line will allow gas to replace dirtier power sources such as coal in regions where gas was previously inaccessible.
Even if the big
new pipelines get shot down or delayed, there are plenty more pipes like Line 9 in the ground to eventually draw down this great reservoir of oil.
Part of the impetus behind
constructing new pipelines to carry bitumen from northern Alberta to the U.S. Gulf Coast, Kitimat on the Pacific, or even all the way across the country to Saint John, New Brunswick was to help close the substantial discount between Canadian oil and world prices.
The inputs were run through the IMPLAN model to estimate the overall macroeconomic effects of preserving the status quo, which effectively
prevents new pipeline infrastructure from being developed in the region.
Kinder Morgan / Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. had proposed a large
new pipeline system that would run from NY through MA and NH delivering 1.2 billion cubic feet / day (bcf / d) of fracked gas from the Pennsylvania Marcellus Shales.
The House of Representatives came together, set aside their petty political differences, and voted in a brand
new pipeline safety bill.
With state governments
blocking new pipeline construction to bring in affordable shale gas, New England buys liquefied natural gas (LNG) transported by sea.
Through her advocacy
against new pipelines in Virginia and campaign for fossil fuel divestment, she has become increasingly concerned with the influence of Dominion Power and other fossil fuels companies on her state government and her school.
The Valley Lateral Project would put in nearly eight miles of
new pipeline from Millennium's mainline to the CPV Valley Energy Center in Wawayanda, The comment period on the environmental assessment ends June 8.
That should give TransCanada pause because it is proposing an entirely
new pipeline while the Trans Mountain expansion and the Line 3 replacement would merely add on to existing projects.
However,
if new pipelines help to boost Canada's already overpriced petrodollar, she won't be able to help Ontario avoid more job losses in the manufacturing sector.
However, production in both the U.S. Midwest and Canadian oil sands continues to grow and significant uncertainty remains
around new pipelines in Canada, so the price discount may yet return.
«The industry needs continuous access to
new pipelines over the next five years to solve the problem,» says Clinton Roberts, senior vice-president with PricewaterhouseCoopers.