Keystone XL Pipeline

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Keystone XL Pipeline is a crude oil pipeline in Montana, Nebraska and South Dakota. Construction began in 2020. It runs 1,210 miles of 36" pipe.

Keystone XL Pipeline
General information
KindPipeline project[1]
Project typeNew build[2]
StatusCanceled after construction started[3]
CommodityCrude oil[1]
Owner
StatesMontana, Nebraska, South Dakota[4]
Approved2019[5]
Construction startedApril 2020[6]
LaborUnion[7]
Contractors
Technical information
Length1,210 mi[2]
Pipe size36"[4]
Capacity830,000 barrels per day[2]
Costestimated project cost US$9.1 billion (secured projects table at March 31, 2020; excludes capitalized interest and AFUDC[6]
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Keystone XL Pipeline is a crude oil pipeline in Montana, Nebraska and South Dakota. Construction began in 2020. It runs 1,210 miles of 36" pipe.

Contractorsedit

ContractorWorkScopeYears
Minnesota Limited, Inc.[8][9][10]pump station constructionKeystone XL pump stations: No. 14 (Baker, MT), No. 18 (Philip, SD) and No. 36 (Cooper, TX), and a station at Centrahoma, OK, for TC Energy under a project labor agreement1 January 2020 – 1 January 2021
Michels[11]Pump station constructionEight pump stations in Montana, South Dakota, Oklahoma and Texas; started late June 2020, completion planned Q1 2021from 1 June 2020
Michels[11]Pump station constructionAwarded eight pump stations in Montana, South Dakota, Oklahoma and Texas under a TC Energy contract; construction began June 2020, completion planned for Q1 2021 (company release)from 1 June 2020
Michels Pipeline, Inc.[12]Pump station constructionPump Station 38 (greenfield): four 6,500-hp pumps with electric motors, pipe fabrication, hydrotest, foundations, electrical and instrumentation
Michels Pipeline, Inc.[13]Pump station constructionPump Station 40 (brownfield): four 6,500-hp pumps with electric motors, pipe fabrication, hydrotest, foundations, electrical and instrumentation
Barnard Pipeline, Inc.[7]PrimeOne of six U.S. union contractors awarded 2021 pipeline construction contracts (announced Oct 2020); project suspended Jan 2021
Associated Pipe Line Contractors, Inc.[7]PrimeOne of six U.S. union contractors awarded 2021 pipeline construction contracts (announced Oct 2020, named as Associated Pipeline, Houston); project suspended Jan 2021
Michels[7]PrimeOne of six U.S. union contractors awarded 2021 pipeline construction contracts (announced Oct 2020); project suspended Jan 2021
Precision Pipeline, LLC[7]PrimeOne of six U.S. union contractors awarded 2021 pipeline construction contracts (announced Oct 2020); project suspended Jan 2021
U.S. Pipeline, Inc.[7]PrimeOne of six U.S. union contractors awarded 2021 pipeline construction contracts (announced Oct 2020); project suspended Jan 2021
Price Gregory International, LLC[4][14][15]PrimeAwarded 155 miles of large-diameter pipe in Keya Paha, Boyd, Holt and Antelope counties NE and Lyman and Tripp counties SD, planned to start summer 2021
Precision Pipeline, LLC[16]PrimeConstruction of the Keystone XL Pipeline in Montana and South Dakota under a contract from TC Energy announced January 5, 2021; an estimated 1,600 union workers over a two-year construction period
Price Gregory International, LLC[14]PrimeTwo spreads of the Keystone XL Pipeline: about 155 miles in Keya Paha, Boyd, Holt and Antelope counties NE and Lyman and Tripp counties SD; awarded Oct 2020, work expected summer 2021 (near Winner SD) to 2022 (near Norfolk NE)
Price Gregory Services, Incorporated[17]PrimeMember of the MPS Constructors, LLC joint venture (with Michels Corporation and Sheehan Pipeline Construction Company) selected by TransCanada in Nov 2011 to build 1,179 miles from Hardisty AB to Steele City NE

Pipe mills

MillDiameterGrade
Borusan Berg Pipe[1]
Welspun Tubular LLC[18]36 in
Welspun Corp Ltd.[19]X70

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Referencesedit

  1. “Berg Pipe Press Release: Keystone XL Pipeline”. Borusan Berg Pipe. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  2. “TC Energy to Build Keystone XL Pipeline (news release, Form 6-K Exhibit 99.1)”. TC Energy Corporation (filed with the SEC). 31 March 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  3. “TC Energy confirms termination of Keystone XL Pipeline Project (news release, Form 6-K Exhibit 99.1)”. TC Energy Corporation (filed with the SEC). 9 June 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  4. “Keystone XL Adds Contractors for U.S. Spreads”. Pipeline & Gas Journal. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  5. “Keystone XL Pipeline: Permit Issues and Recent Developments (CRS Insight IN11445)”. Congressional Research Service. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  6. “TC Energy first quarter 2020 management's discussion and analysis (Form 6-K Exhibit 13.1)”. TC Energy Corporation (filed with the SEC). 1 May 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  7. “TC Energy Awards More Than $1.6 billion in American Contracts to Build Keystone XL”. TC Energy Corporation. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  8. “Blue Light Reports, November/December 2020 (pre-jobs)”. Pipeliners Local Union 798. November 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2026.
  9. “Blue Light Reports, September/October 2020”. Pipeliners Local Union 798. September 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2026.
  10. “Blue Light Reports, November/December 2021 (pre-jobs)”. Pipeliners Local Union 798. November 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2026.
  11. “Michels selected to build facilities on Keystone XL”. Michels Corporation. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  12. “Pump Station 38 - Michels Corporation”. Michels Corporation. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  13. “Pump Station 40 - Michels Corporation”. Michels Corporation. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  14. “Price Gregory International Selected by TC Energy to Help Construct the Keystone XL Pipeline”. Price Gregory International, Inc. 30 October 2020. Archived from the original on 2 November 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2026.
  15. “Six Contractors Named to Build Keystone XL Pipeline”. Engineering News-Record. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2026.
  16. “Precision Pipeline, LLC Selected by TC Energy to Help Construct Keystone XL”. Precision Pipeline, LLC (PR Newswire). 5 January 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2026.
  17. “Quanta Services Selected by TransCanada for Joint Venture to Build Keystone XL Pipeline”. Quanta Services, Inc. (PR Newswire). 2 November 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2026.
  18. “Welspun Wins Large Pipe Order”. Association for Iron & Steel Technology. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  19. “Welspun Corp | Projects”. Welspun Corp Ltd. Retrieved 3 October 2026.

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