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Southern Keystone XL Segment Crosses Halfway Mark

by KREX News Room
by Cori Coffin
by Associated Press

Story Created: Feb 23, 2013 at 11:58 PM MDT

Story Updated: Feb 24, 2013 at 12:26 AM MDT

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A TransCanada spokesman says construction on the Oklahoma and Texas portion of the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline is halfway complete.

The larger pipeline still waits for federal approval because it crosses the Canadian border, but TransCanada spokesman David Dodson says construction on the smaller segment should be finished by the end of the year.

He says about 850 workers in Oklahoma and 3,000 more in Texas are working on the project in mostly temporary jobs.

The pipeline would transport 700,000 gallons of oil daily from the pipeline hub in Cushing, Okla., to refineries near Houston.

At least 10 Oklahomans have been arrested recently for trespassing in protests against the pipeline at construction sites in the state.

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Disgusted said on Sunday, Feb 24 at 2:52 AM

But if this pipeline is completed, it will cut into a "Friend of Barry"s profits from hauling natural gas on a railroad. I really don't give a flying fig what his secretary is taxed or how much she makes! The only reason Barry vetoed it in the first place is it would have cut into one of his benefactors profits!

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