Keystone XL

U.S. District Judge Brian Morris said in his decision Thursday that the U.S. government's analysis didn't fully study the cumulative effects of greenhouse gas emissions, the effects of current oil prices on the pipeline's viability or include updated modelling of potential oil spills.

TransCanada Corp. is going ahead with a $2.4-billion expansion of its NGTL natural gas system in Western Canada, the company said on Thursday, February 15, 2018, as it reported a swing to profitability in its fourth-quarter.

While TransCanada's Nebraska-bound Keystone XL pipeline locks in the commercial support it needs to proceed, Kinder Morgan's controversial Trans Mountain expansion has run into a snag that could delay its completion until 2020.

Nebraska regulators have declined requests to amend its approval allowing TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL pipeline to run through the state.