Concerns about Canada's national security would likely derail any attempt to buy up big
pipeline operators like Enbridge Inc. or TransCanada Corp..
bitumen is not considered crude oil, and therefore tar sands
pipeline operators like Exxon aren't required to pay into the oil spill cleanup fund
Here's the tweet from @exxonmobil sent in response to critics who pointed out that, because of a major loophole that needs to be closed, bitumen is not considered crude oil, and therefore tar sands
pipeline operators like Exxon aren't required to pay into the oil spill cleanup fund.
Not exact matches
There will likely be a few that will have you debating into the night,
like pipeline operator Enbridge.
Now environmental engineer John Stansbury has set out some scenarios which further detail how bad an oil spill would be with a higher capacity
pipeline and just how often serious spills are likely to occur (hint, much more than
operator TransCanada would
like you to believe).
According to a thirty - year - old law in the US, diluted bitumen coming from the Alberta tar sands is not classified as oil, meaning
pipeline operators planning to transport the corrosive substance across the US — with proposed
pipelines like the Keystone XL — are exempt from paying into the federal Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund.
We ensure that never again can a company
like BP take a tax deduction for money spent cleaning up its own mess in the Gulf of Mexico, and we close the loophole that lets tar sands oil
pipeline operators avoid paying the oil spill cleanup tax.»