[Ost-news] Keystone pipeline to U.S. refineries nears approval

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Oil sands pipeline to U.S. refineries nears approval  
JAMES MCPHERSON  
Associated Press  
March 4, 2008

BISMARCK, N.D. -- The U.S. State Department intends to issue a permit this month for a $5.2-billion (U.S.) pipeline that would transport crude oil from central Alberta through seven states to U.S. refineries.

The State Department, in a decision published yesterday in the Federal Register, said that if no other federal agency objects, a permit will be issued within 15 days for the Keystone pipeline, a project of TransCanada Corp., Canada's largest natural gas shipper, based in Calgary.

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