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TransCanada Launches Open Season for Keystone XL
TransCanada Corporation has launched an Open Season to offer additional binding commitments to interested parties for transportation of crude oil on the Keystone Pipeline System from Hardisty, Alberta to markets on the U.S. Gulf Coast.
The Keystone Pipeline System, at over 4,200 kilometres (2,600 miles), is one of the most extensive crude oil pipeline systems in North America, currently delivering to key market locations at Wood River and Patoka, Illinois, Cushing, Oklahoma, and Port Arthur, Texas.
Interested parties may submit binding bids for transportation capacity during the Open Season that will close on September 2, 2015 at 12 p.m. MDT. Shipper information regarding the Open Season is available by contacting:
Ron Catchick
403.920.2119
Anar Velji
403.920.8158
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