KOTA Territory NewsSD a battleground in Canadian oil sands debate
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Associated Press - November 23, 2009 6:25 AM ET
MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) - An oil industry representative says he considers South Dakota a battleground in the fight over the extraction of oil from the Canadian oil sands.
Dan Gunderson, a communications specialist working for the American Petroleum Institute, says he's concentrating on the Midwest because states like South Dakota could end up with pipelines and a refinery as a means to handle the incoming crude oil from Canada.
He was in the area this past week to address and reject claims by Greenpeace and others who say the extraction of oil from the Canadian oil sands and the usage of the crude will do more harm than good.
South Dakota is home to a portion of the nearly-constructed Keystone pipeline.
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