{"id":27111,"date":"2026-05-01T01:47:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T01:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/27111\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T01:47:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T01:47:12","slug":"big-new-canada-us-oil-pipeline-gets-trump-nod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/27111\/","title":{"rendered":"Big new Canada-US oil pipeline gets Trump nod"},"content":{"rendered":"

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) \u2014 President Donald Trump granted a key approval Thursday for a major new oil pipeline<\/a> from Canada into the U.S. that\u2019s been dubbed \u201cKeystone Light\u201d over its similarities to a contentious project blocked by the Biden administration.<\/p>\n

The three-foot-wide (1 meter) Bridger Pipeline Expansion would carry up to 550,000 barrels (87,400 cubic meters) of oil a day from Canada through Montana and Wyoming, where it would link with another pipeline.<\/p>\n

The pipeline needs additional state and federal environmental approvals before construction, which company officials expect to start next year. Environmentalists hope to stop the project over worries that the pipeline could break and spill.<\/a><\/p>\n

At peak volume, the 650-mile (1,050-kilometer) pipeline would move two-thirds as much oil as the better-known Keystone XL pipeline<\/a> that got partially built before President Joe Biden, citing climate change, canceled its permit<\/a> on the day he took office in 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cSlightly different from the last administration. They wouldn\u2019t sign a pipeline deal. And we have pipelines going up,\u201d Trump said after signing his approval for it to cross the border between Saskatchewan and northeastern Montana.<\/p>\n

Trump in his first term approved the Keystone XL project in 2020 despite concerns from Native American tribes about possible spills and environmental groups about fossil fuels\u2019 contribution to climate change. Its cancellation by Biden frustrated Canadian officials, including Prime Minster Justin Trudeau, after Alberta invested more than $1 billion in the project.<\/p>\n

Sometimes called \u201cKeystone Light,\u201d the Bridger Pipeline Expansion would not cross any Native American reservations. <\/p>\n

More than 70% would be built within existing pipeline corridors and 80% on private land, Bridger Pipeline LLC said in a statement. The line would carry various grades of crude, including from Canada\u2019s oil sands region, to be exported or refined in the U.S., company spokesperson Bill Salvin said.<\/p>\n

The permit from Trump also authorizes other petroleum products including gasoline, kerosene, diesel and liquified petroleum gas. Salvin said including those fuels keeps the company\u2019s options open, but it remains focused for now on crude oil. <\/p>\n

Bridger Pipeline could avoid a reversal by a future administration if it\u2019s able to complete its project before Trump leaves office. It hopes to start construction in the fall of 2027 and finish it by late 2028 or early 2029, Bridger spokesperson Bill Salvin said.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s term ends Jan. 20, 2029.<\/p>\n

Bridger Pipeline and other subsidiaries of True Company have been responsible for several major pipeline accidents including more than 50,000 gallons (240,000 liters) of crude that spilled into the Yellowstone River and fouled a Montana city\u2019s drinking water supply<\/a> in 2015, a 45,000-gallon diesel spill<\/a> in Wyoming in 2022 and a 2016 spill<\/a> that released more than 600,000 gallons (2.7 million liters) of crude in North Dakota, contaminating the Little Missouri River and a tributary.<\/p>\n

Subsidiaries of True agreed to pay a $12.5 million civil penalty to settle a federal lawsuit over the North Dakota and Montana spills.<\/p>\n

Salvin said Bridger Pipeline in the years since the Yellowstone spill developed an AI-based leak detection system that allows it to be notified more quickly when there are problems. It also plans to bore 30 to 40 feet (9 to 12 meters) beneath major rivers including the Yellowstone and Missouri to reduce the chances of an accident. The 2015 accident occurred on a line that was constructed in a shallow trench at the bottom of the river.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe designed the pipeline with integrity and safety in mind. We have emergency response plans should something happen where oil happens to get out of the line, which is fairly rare,\u201d Salvin said.<\/p>\n

The Casper, Wyoming-based company operates more than 3,700 miles (5,950 kilometers) of gathering and transmission pipelines in the Williston Basin of North Dakota and Montana and the Powder River Basin of Wyoming.<\/p>\n

Environmental groups opposed to the project include the Montana Environmental Information Center and WildEarth Guardians.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe biggest concern we see right now is the concern inherent in all pipeline projects which is the risk of spills,\u201d said attorney Jenny Harbine with the environmental law firm Earthjustice. \u201cPipelines rupture and leak. It\u2019s just a fact of pipelines.\u201d<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

Brown reported from Billings, Montana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) \u2014 President Donald Trump granted a key approval Thursday for a major new oil…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27112,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[12993,525,17,12998,3517,12962,12996,1135,162,8522,592,12997,12992,12941,12995,12961,12960,113,3942,12994,12940],"class_list":{"0":"post-27111","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-bill-salvin","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-casper","12":"tag-climate","13":"tag-climate-and-environment","14":"tag-co-state-wire","15":"tag-colorado","16":"tag-donald-trump","17":"tag-energy-industry","18":"tag-general-news","19":"tag-jenny-harbine","20":"tag-joe-biden","21":"tag-montana","22":"tag-mt-state-wire","23":"tag-oil-and-gas-industry","24":"tag-oil-spills","25":"tag-politics","26":"tag-u-s-news","27":"tag-wy-state-wire","28":"tag-wyoming"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}