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Originally Posted by Wormius
What is the benefit to the US for approving KXL? Even if there was no environmental concerns, why would they want this?
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Their refiners need heavy oil as feedstock for their refineries which they are not getting enough of.
Additional capacity to the Gulf Coast enables additional development in the fields that a pipeline can serve. Example is that KXL was going to go through Baker, which is kind of a hub around the Bakken fields.