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STEEL TUBE & PIPE CONF: Welspun urges Keystone XL pipeline approval
February 07, 2012 - 23:30 GMT
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Joel Johnson
Welspun Corp. Ltd. would like to see the Obama administration approve TransCanada Corp.’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline—and fast, a company executive said.
Welspun has already produced the bulk of the pipe it agreed to make for the Keystone XL, he said, noting that the lack of large-diameter line pipe work underscores the importance of the company’s planned electric-resistance welded (ERW) mill (see related story).
Largely due to environmentalist opposition, the mega-pipeline project slated to run from Alberta, Canada, to the Gulf Coast of Texas has been "stopped or delayed" and turned into a "political football," Johnson told attendees at AMM’s fifth annual Steel Tube and Pipe Conference in Houston.
Johnson expressed some puzzlement about the Obama administration’s decision to delay the pipeline, given what he characterized as generally pro-pipeline...
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