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Keystone XL pipeLine: safest transportation of oil

...will flow in a pipeline. The whole oil sands production process releases more carbon dioxide(CO2) than conventional oil drilling.The still heavy dilbit requires extra pressure to move through the pipeline, and it is also more acidic and corrosive...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/guest-columns/2013-04-26/keystone-xl-pipelin
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No sign of gas prices dropping, look for political fallout in debates

...the United States was going to increase its domestic supply.Since then, we've had the BP Oil spill that curtailed oil drilling in deep water areas of the Gulf of Mexico and the Keytstone XL Pipeline nixed. That pipeline was to have started in...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/2012-10-02/no-sign-gas-prices-dropping-look-
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CUSHING, Okla. (AP) - President Barack Obama firmly defended his record on oil drilling Thursday, ordering the government to fast-track an Oklahoma pipeline while accusing Congress of playing politics with a larger...

http://brainerddispatch.com/2012-03-22-2
How to defuse the political peril of surging gas prices

...particularly difficult for Democrats, because the two most popular responses - a cut in gas taxes or an expansion of oil drilling - are anathema to critical party constituencies. Lower gas-tax revenue dries up the funding source for building roads...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/columnists/2012-02-21/how-defuse-political-p
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GUEST COLUMN: Oil drilling and the Rule of Capture

...leader. But our embargo sanctions prevent American oil drilling service companies from doing business with Cuba, even...blocs, and has been actively seeking international oil drilling partners. The 1977 Agreement was never ratified by...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/guest-columns/2011-10-21/guest-column-oil-dr
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Republican presidential candidates on the issues

...ENERGY: Bachmann: Reduce regulatory impediments to drilling. Voted to open the outer continental shelf to oil drilling. Voted against tax breaks for renewable energy and conservation. Cain: "Responsibly" relax regulations on energy...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/political/2011-11-07/republican-presidential-ca
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Two Cass businesses outline their growth

...plants, fire departments and emergency medical responders, food service industries and oil drilling operations, Edens said. Twenty-seven oil-drilling platforms now use CavCom's product, he said. The firm also had a contract with BP during...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2011-10-28/two-cass-businesses-outline-their-gr
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US Senate candidate wants nuclear plant in ND

...plant idea was part of what Sand calls his seven-point American energy policy. It included increasing off-shore oil drilling permits and refinery capacity, approving two new transcontinental pipelines, and making the Environmental Protection...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/political/2011-12-13/us-senate-candidate-wants-
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Using Alberta's oil sands

...flow in a pipeline. The whole oil sands production process releases more green house gases (GHG) than conventional oil drilling.The still heavy dilbit requires extra high pressure to move through the pipeline, and it is also more acidic and...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/guest-columns/2012-01-10/using-albertas-oil-
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Driving the politics out of gas prices

...are high because President Obama nixed the Keystone XL pipeline and didn't open enough federal land and coastline to oil drilling. "There are no short-term silver bullets when it comes to gas prices," Obama responded in a speech last week...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/columnists/2012-02-28/driving-politics-out-g
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