Seven-year timeline: TransCanada Corp.'s Keystone XL goes bust
Obama rejects the $8-billion pipeline to funnel Alberta oil-sands crude to the Gulf Coast and world markets.
July 2008 - TransCanada Corp. announces plans to expand its existing 590,000 Keystone oil pipeline system to the Gulf Coast. Hal Kvisle, president and then CEO of TransCanada addresses shareholders at the company's annual general meeting in Calgary April 2008.Todd Korol/Reuters
September 2008 - TransCanada Corp. files an application with the U.S. State Department for a presidential permit allowing construction of the project.TransCanada
August 2011 - The State Department issues its final environmental impact statement for the project. It finds Keystone XL will not have significant adverse effects on the environment.Nati Harnik/The Associated Press
September 2011 - Stephen Harper, Canada's then prime minister speaks during an interview in New York. Harper said U.S. approval of TransCanada Corp.'s proposed $7 billion Keystone XL pipeline is a "no-brainer" because it will create jobs and add to America's secure energy reserves.Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg
October 2011 - Laborers' International Union of North America (LiUNA) hold up signs in support of the Keystone XL pipeline during a rally in Washington, D.C., U.S.Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
November 2011 - Demonstrators carry a giant mock pipeline while calling for the cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline during a rally in front of the White House in Washington.Joshua Roberts/Reuters
January 2012 - Obama declines to issue the permit, saying the deadline does not allow sufficient time to assess the line's new route through Nebraska. TransCanada says it will reapply. February 2012 - TransCanada says it will start building Keystone XL's $2.3 billion southern leg from Cushing, Oklahoma, to the Gulf. The project, dubbed the Gulf Coast line, is not subject to federal review.Nathan VanderKlippe/The Globe and Mail
March 2012 - President Barack Obama arrives at the TransCanada Stillwater Pipe Yard in Cushing, Okla.Pablo Martinez Monsivais/The Associated Press
May 2012 - TransCanada applies again to the State Department for a presidential permit for the project after coming up with a new route through Nebraska. January 2013 - Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman approves the new route.Nati Harnik/The Associated Press
February 2013 - Actress Daryl Hannah is arrested outside the White House in Washington as prominent environmental leaders tied themselves to the White House gate to protest the Keystone XL oil pipeline.Ann Heisenfelt/The Associated Press
March 2013 - The State Department issues its review of the revamped application, saying the pipeline would not increase greenhouse-gas emissions. August 2013 - TransCanada says it will build the $10.11 billion (C$12 billion) Energy East line to take 1.1 million barrels per day of Western Canadian crude to refineries and ports in Quebec and New Brunswick.Todd Korol/Reuters
January 2014 - A man stand next to advertisements promoting Canada as a preferable oil provider for America at a metro station in Washington. Keystone XL's southern leg begins shipping oil from Cushing to Texas. The State Department issues its final environmental review of the revamped application repeating its March 2013 position. February 2014 - A Nebraska court invalidates the governor's decision to allow the Keystone XL pipeline to pass through the state. Heineman appeals the decision.Yuri Gripas / Reuters/Reuters
April 2014 - The Obama administration says it will delay a decision until at least November, until the Nebraska Supreme Court settles the dispute over Keystone XL's path. September 2014 - TransCanada re-applies for a permit for the line's route through South Dakota after its original approvals expire. November 2014 - Republicans put forward a bill to force Obama to approve the project. Approved by the House, the bill fails in the Senate.NH/The Associated Press
January 2015 - Republicans put forward a new bill to force approval of the project. The U.S. Senate on Monday, Jan. 12, advanced legislation that would approve the Keystone XL pipeline with a procedural vote that sets up what may become one of the most extensive discussions of energy policy in the chamber in years.Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
November 2015 - President Barack Obama announces he's rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline because he does not believe it serves the national interest. The rejection ends a seven-year review.Nam Y. Huh/The Associated Press