[Ost-news] Keystone Pipeline gets Preliminary Nod from US State Department

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Oil Pipeline Gets Preliminary Nod  
By JAMES MacPHERSON 09.05.07, 5:40 PM ET  
[http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/09/05/ap4086122.html][1]  
BISMARCK, N.D. -

The U.S. State Department has given a preliminary nod to a $2 billion pipeline that would transport crude oil from Canada through seven states.

The Keystone pipeline, a project of TransCanada Corp. (nyse: TRP - news - people ) of Calgary, Alberta, is planned to stretch more than 1,800 miles from Hardisty, in east-central Alberta, to refineries in Illinois, with a spur to Oklahoma.

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    [1]: http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/09/05/ap4086122.html (http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/09/05/ap4086122.html)
    [2]: http://oilsandstruth.org/keystone-pipeline-gets-preliminary-nod-us-state-department

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