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Of course, the environmental lobby will target the new plans. But the small steps to more pipeline capacity don’t provide the big political, regulatory and public relations platforms preferred by environmental organizations. The Cushing to Gulf lines cross one state boundary and don’t need the Presidential approval required by cross-border projects. They run through states — Oklahoma and Texas — that are supportive of oil and gas development. The main issues are related to expropriation of land using Eminent Domain laws, but it’s unlikely there will be as much controversy as in Nebraska, whose opposition contributed to Keystone XL’s delay. As one Texas observer put it,sacs louis vuitton“the scale and extent of this [Keystone XL] deal surprised a lot of people in the U.S. That’s why the political bite-back was so vicious.” Indeed, it’s the type of approach used by other sectors such as refining in response to community opposition. Instead of building new plants, refiners in North America made existing ones bigger and more productive. Pipeline expert Tom Wise, vice-president at Purvin & Gertz/HIS, said the Cushing to the Coast pipelines can ease one bottleneck, but do not provide more capacity from Western Canada to Cushing, which is expected to fill up as early as 2014. That’s why it’s important for Enbridge to remove other bottlenecks, too, including building the new Flanagan South line and expanding the Southern Access line. Flanagan South would begin at Flanagan, southwest of Chicago, and end at Cushing and follow and share to the extent possible the existing Spearhead pipeline right of way. The Southern Access runs from Superior, Wis., to Flanagan. Meanwhile, the oil sands industry has a fresh opportunity to recast itself in the U.S. The effort has worked in Canada, where a concerted public relations effort has made the public comfortable it’s moving in the right direction. “[The oil sands aren’t] perfect, but as long as [they] agree that [they] need to do better and that [they] are striving to get there, then I think that argues for continuing to bring that resource to market,” Mr. Cedoz said.