• Sign up for the Daily Digest E-mail
  • Facebook
  • X
  • LinkedIn

BOE Report

Sign up
  • Home
  • StackDX Intel
  • Headlines
    • Latest Headlines
    • Featured Companies
    • Columns
    • Discussions
  • Well Activity
    • Well Licences
    • Well Activity Map
  • Property Listings
  • Land Sales
  • M&A Activity
    • M&A Database
    • AER Transfers
  • Markets
  • Rig Counts/Data
    • CAOEC Rig Count
    • Baker Hughes Rig Count
    • USA Rig Count
    • Data
      • Canada Oil Market Data
      • Canada NG Market Data
      • USA Market Data
      • Data Downloads
  • Jobs

TransCanada chief lambastes pipeline foes

November 29, 20131:47 PM The Canadian Press

LAKE LOUISE, Alta. – The CEO of pipeline giant TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP) says environmental groups have cast the Keystone XL pipeline debate as a referendum on U.S. President Barack Obama’s green credentials.

Russ Girling says in his view, framing the argument that way is unfair.

He says environmental activists have also “concocted a story” that the oilsands are the largest carbon bomb on Earth and that the $5.4-billion pipeline would amount to a fuse.

Girling joked that he’s even had to assure his own mother — a fan of actor Robert Redford, who is also a vocal pipeline opponent — that he’s not out to “blow up the planet.”

TransCanada applied to the U.S. State Department for a permit to build Keystone XL more than five years ago and a decision is expected some time next year.

Girling made his remarks at a business forum in Lake Louise, Alta., hosted by law firm Bennett Jones.

Keystone XL TransCanada

Follow BOE Report
  • Facebook
  • X
  • LinkedIn

Sign up for the BOE Report Daily Digest E-mail

Successfully subscribed

Latest Headlines
  • Discount on Western Canada Select widens
  • European Commission proposes Russian oil price cap 15% below global price
  • US oil/gas rig count down for 11th week to lowest since 2021, Baker Hughes says
  • Taiwan’s CPC Corp eyes US shale gas assets, sources say
  • Saudi Arabia complying fully with voluntary OPEC+ target, energy ministry says

Return to Home
Alberta GasMonthly Avg.
CAD/GJ
Market Data by TradingView

    Report Error







    Note: The page you are currently on will be sent with your report. If this report is about a different page, please specify.

    About
    • About BOEReport.com
    • In the News
    • Terms of Use
    • Privacy Policy
    • Editorial Policy
    Resources
    • Widgets
    • Notifications
    • Daily Digest E-mail
    Get In Touch
    • Advertise
    • Post a Job
    • Contact
    • Report Error
    BOE Network
    © 2025 Stack Technologies Ltd.