Locator: 50680BRIDGER.
Bridger aka Keystone XL Lite: biggest oil pipeline story in Trump's two terms. Doug Burgum is Secretary of Interior. I assume it would have been in his bailiwick to get this done. His reward: one of a handful of cabinet members to be invited to the state/royal dinner for King Charles III of Great Britain.
Link here. Bill signed yesterday, April 30, 2026.
From the blog: the Keystone XL is now the Bridger Expansion. Link here. February 23, 2026.
From the blog: hope springs eternal; Bridger Expansion aka Keystone XL. February 23, 2026. Link here.
From the blog: wow, wow, wow. This goes all the way back to April 23, 2022! Link here. 250,000-bbl crude oil pipeline proposed -- "Bakken oil to national pipeline system in lieu of Keystone XL -- link here.
- who was president in 2022? Oh, that's right, Joe Biden;
- capacity of proposed pipeline: initial / max -- 105,000 / 250,000
- vs Keystone XL, 830,000 bbls oil per day
- 730,000 bopd heavy oil from Canada
- 100,000 bopd light oil from the Bakken
- Baker, MT: where TC Energy proposed an on-ramp for about 100,000 bopd of Bakken crude on its now abandoned Keystone XL pipeline.
From the blog: actually the proposal goes back a lot farther. Link here. Update on proposed "Bridger Expansion." The pipeline will avoid Nebraska. Link here. Will avoid Nebraska, LOL.
From the blog, all the way back to November 10, 2018, link here. New Bakken pipeline announced; meanwhile, a Montana judge kills the Keystone XL (again). The proposed pipeline:
- a Berkshire Hathaway Company
- The True companies, based in Casper, WY:
- Bridger Pipeline LLC
- Belle Fourche Pipeline Company
- Butte Pipe Line Company
- see also PSX Liberty Pipeline
