[mamelukesabre]

I think I’m all for this pipeline. But two things come to mind as I read this...

Why do they intend to put the pipeline UNDER ground? above ground is more sensible.

And secondly...why does it need to be refined in texas? why not refine it in north dakota? There’s already a booming oil industry there. I say throw up a couple refineries in north dakota and do it there.

[thackney]

Why do they intend to put the pipeline UNDER ground? above ground is more sensible.

The pipeline industry is hardly new. We have pipelines all over the country. We have already figured out the economics and security. Buried is far cheaper and better protected.

why does it need to be refined in texas?

If you don't take the product to existing refineries, then you not only need to build new refineries, but also build product pipelines to deliver the gasoline, diesel, aviation fuel and other products. Refining also produces some byproducts that get used in the chemical and plastics industries. Those facilities are next to the existing refineries.

[ken5050]

I suspect underground for two reasons:

1.Security

2. Safety..an underground leak is much more easily contained..far less environmental damage...once the leak is detected, the vales are closed, it's isolated, drained, then they just remove the contaminated soil

[okie01]

And secondly...why does it need to be refined in texas? why not refine it in north dakota? There’s already a booming oil industry there. I say throw up a couple refineries in north dakota and do it there.

A new refinery in under development in Elk Point, SD to refine Canadian oil.

The bulk of the output will still go to Texas refineries because a.) that is where most of the country's refining capacity is and b.) that is where most products pipelines originate and distribute to the market.

Crude oil and Products are shipped via discreet pipelines.

[AFreeBird]

Wouldn’t it be more difficult to try and sabotage an underground pipeline, than an above ground one? They had to put it above ground in AK, but you don’t have to down here.