The Diamond Pipeline is an

oil pipeline Pipeline transport is the long-distance transportation of a liquid or gas through a system of pipes—a pipeline—typically to a market area for consumption. The latest data from 2014 gives a total of slightly less than of pipeline in 120 countr ...

system that runs from Cushing, Oklahoma to

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in the United States. In 2016, the

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plans, permits, and construction will commence, anticipating to finish construction of the pipeline in 2017. According to the

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, the pipeline will cross approximately 500 bodies of water including streams and rivers. The pipeline will also cross approximately 11

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sources.

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