NPRA Supports Keystone XL Pipeline to Benefit American People

WASHINGTON, May 23, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Charles T. Drevna, president of NPRA, the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association, issued a statement today supporting proposed legislation that would require the Obama administration to decide by Nov.1 whether to approve construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, which would transport oil from western Canada to refineries in Texas.

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The House Energy and Commerce Committee is holding a hearing today on the proposed legislation, which is backed by Keystone XL supporters who want to get construction of the pipeline started. The new pipeline, combined with an existing pipeline, would bring more than 1.1 million barrels of oil each day to the United States from oil sands in Alberta.

Drevna said:

"The Keystone XL pipeline would benefit American families and businesses by supplying U.S. refineries with oil they need to manufacture gasoline, diesel and other fuels to serve the American people. Bringing in more oil from our close friend, neighbor and ally Canada would strengthen America's economic and national security and provide jobs for American workers. It would also make America less reliant on oil from unstable parts of the world thousands of miles away.

"At a time when millions of Americans are concerned about unrest in the Middle East and North Africa threatening future world oil supplies and driving up the price of gasoline, it's unbelievable that the Obama administration continues to ponder and ponder whether to approve this critically important pipeline.  

"A mountain of evidence shows the pipeline would be safe. Yet opponents concoct objection after objection after objection – no matter how weak – in an effort to stop construction. The time has come to end these endless delays and move forward to approve construction of the Keystone XL pipeline in America's national interest."

SOURCE National Petrochemical & Refiners Association

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