The Trump permit enables construction of a 645-mile Canada-to-Wyoming crude pipeline connecting to one in Alberta, but challenges from environmental groups as well as further state and federal reviews are still ahead.
Presidential permits allow Enbridge Energy and subsidiary Bakken Pipeline Co. to maintain, operate and potentially build new US-Canada cross-border pipelines.
Saudi Arabia can push 7 million barrels a day through the Petroline. Its export terminal can load less than half that. The gap was seemingly always the plan.