Post by Logan on Feb 2, 2017 18:24:57 GMT -6
Trump orders U.S. steel be used for oil and gas pipelines, while Pa. project sits on foreign-made supply
Amid a flurry of executive orders and memoranda issued by his office in the early days of his administration, President Donald Trump on Jan. 24 signed his name to several with potentially significant implications for the oil and gas industry and its opponents.
They included actions meant to expedite the construction of contested pipeline projects like the Keystone XL and Dakota Access, while also requiring American-made steel be used in future pipeline and infrastructure projects as well.
"Going to put a lot of workers, a lot of steelworkers, back to work," Trump said, continuing the delivery of a message so fundamental to the crux and character of his campaign.
But will it? Not everyone is convinced.
In addition to questions about the US steel industry's ability to produce the sheer volume of pipe needed for some of the larger projects in the works, there are also questions about what the directive might mean for those pipeline projects, including at least one in Pennsylvania, with massive stockpiles of foreign-made steel already amassed.
Read more: www.pennlive.com/news/2017/02/trump_orders_us_steel_be_used.html
Amid a flurry of executive orders and memoranda issued by his office in the early days of his administration, President Donald Trump on Jan. 24 signed his name to several with potentially significant implications for the oil and gas industry and its opponents.
They included actions meant to expedite the construction of contested pipeline projects like the Keystone XL and Dakota Access, while also requiring American-made steel be used in future pipeline and infrastructure projects as well.
"Going to put a lot of workers, a lot of steelworkers, back to work," Trump said, continuing the delivery of a message so fundamental to the crux and character of his campaign.
But will it? Not everyone is convinced.
In addition to questions about the US steel industry's ability to produce the sheer volume of pipe needed for some of the larger projects in the works, there are also questions about what the directive might mean for those pipeline projects, including at least one in Pennsylvania, with massive stockpiles of foreign-made steel already amassed.
Read more: www.pennlive.com/news/2017/02/trump_orders_us_steel_be_used.html