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- October 2012 (Revised February 2014)
- HBS Case Collection
Keystone XL Pipeline
Abstract
On January 18, 2012, President Obama rejected TransCanada's application for a "national interest" determination to approve construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. Keystone XL was a 1,700 mile long, 36-inch diameter pipeline to transport 1.1 million barrels a day of Canadian heavy oil from Alberta (and shale oil from Montana) to the American Gulf Coast. But the American environmental community had focused all its resources on stopping Keystone XL—to them, a symbol of the nation's refusal to deal with climate change. Now the head of Keystone had to figure out what had gone wrong, and decide what to do next in order to get the project approved.
Keywords
Energy; Petroleum; Environmentalism; United States; Oil Prices; National Security; National Security; Environmental Sustainability; Energy Sources; Energy Industry; Canada; United States
Citation
Vietor, Richard H. K. "Keystone XL Pipeline." Harvard Business School Case 713-039, October 2012. (Revised February 2014.)
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