Oil Sands and the Keystone XL Pipeline : Background and Selected Environmental Issues.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pipelines.

Petroleum.

Air--Pollution.

Air.

Power resources--Law and legislation.

Power resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (62 p), digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2013.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 12-R4-2611 in the 2012 issue.

Addresses selected environmental concerns raised in conjunction with the proposed pipeline and the oil sands crude it will transport. Discusses oil sands by addressing what oil sands are, how they are extracted, and how oil sands crude oils compare to other crude oils. Provides overview of Keystone XL pipeline project, and discusses Federal requirements to consider environmental impacts from the pipeline, including Department of State national interest determination, obligations pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act, and list of recent milestones in the national interest determination process. Provides information about other international oil pipelines, and reviews selected environmental issues, including greenhouse gas emissions intensity, broader energy policy concerns, pipeline oil spill risks, and two oil sands extraction concerns, land disturbance and water resources.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed May 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division. Oil Sands and the Keystone XL Pipeline

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