Trump's Road to Energy Dominance Starts With Tiny Texas Pipeline
- Presidential permits issued for three NuStar pipelines: State
- 46-mile line to cross Texas-Mexico border, under wall
A Michels Corp. contractor watches as two sections of pipe are prepped for welding during construction of the Flanagan South crude oil pipeline outside Goodfield, Illinois, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013. The approximately 600-mile, 36-inch crude oil pipeline is being constructed by Enbridge Energy Co., a subsidiary of Enbridge Inc., Canada's largest oil transporter, and will originate in Flanagan, Illinois and terminate in Cushing, Oklahoma.
Photographer: Daniel Acker/BloombergWhat does energy dominance look like? A little like a 46-mile pipeline trickling modest volumes of gasoline and diesel into Mexico.
President Donald Trump on Thursday announced his plans for promoting U.S. energy, which included the approval of NuStar Energy LP’s New Burgos Pipeline, a cross-border project capable of hauling 108,000 barrels day of gasoline, diesel and other petroleum products to Mexico from the southern tip of Texas. That’s about 2 percent of the nation’s current petroleum products exports.