All I can say is that in the last 10 years, the U.S. has built tens of thousand of kilometres of new pipeline within its own borders. Whether it was contained in one state or across state lines. All of this infrastructure is to support their booming shale oil industry. Was it easy ...NO. There are opposition groups in the U.S. just as there are in Canada. The difference in the U.S. is that they got it done. There was some urgency to the task. There is the political will.
That is the stark difference between the U.S and Canada. That is why the U.S is surpassing us as an oil exporter and one day, will tell us they don't want our oil anymore. Then we will be in deep 'doodoo'.
Yeah, the production scenarios out of the USA are a wakeup call. Really depends on whether the USA would ever cut us off from their shipping network, otherwise, everything is ok. As Eagle Spirit gets closer to ready, hopefully it aligns with a friendly government.
Here is a recent list I found:
https://rbnenergy.com/midi/crude-projects
With a handy map:
https://rbnenergy.com/midi/crude-projects/map
These are all the interstate projects which have been completed:
Blue is Dakota Access, which is new ROW. Was subject to protests, and needed an Army Corp approval - was eventually brought into service by Trump. Key there is the protests were centred in the oil beneficiary state, not in other states, a strategic misstep.
The ones through Colorado, Kansas, and Oklahoma are in the White Cliffs ROW, and are two lines which merged into one.
The aqua line is a conversion of a natural gas line to oil. Can't readily see any needs for permits (the federal water crossing permits would have been granted to the original line).
The green line is the reversal of an existing crude line.
The purple line is a new feedstock pipeline (new ROW) to supply Valero's Memphis refinery (replacing barge traffic up from the Gulf).
The maroon line is an extension to gather product which passes into New Mexico.
The red line is the Bayou Bridge, it connects an oil-and-gas hub in Texas with oil refineries in Louisiana. (the Trump administration decided it didn't need federal permits despite crossing many federal waterways).
So yes, Dakota access was built, which is the only major new ROW line through non oil and gas states. The line through Colorado, Kansas, and Oklahoma is along an existing ROW, similar to TMX in that respect, but dissimilar in that they are oil and gas states. The green line is through oil and gas states, and is a reversal, so similar to the Line 9 reversal. The aqua line, the equivalent of Energy East, but I can't find on a very superficial search evidence of an environmental assessment type process. All the states along the aqua line, the alternative would have been an increase in barge traffic on the Mississippi.
Unique circumstances on all of them, including the Trump administration throwing out its own laws (which will hopefully help Keystone and Line 3 be finished before his term is up).
I don't think anyone in Canada is arguing for the patchwork quilt of regulations down in the USA, but their successes shouldn't be seen as illustrative. Kinder Morgan cancelled a line connecting California across the mountains there due to regulatory uncertainty. A California only line is on hold. Enbridge put a twinning on hold from Wyoming to Cushing. Enbridge cancelled the Dakota servicing Sandpiper line. Shell cancelled Westward Ho between Texas and Louisiana. Seahorse from Cushing to Louisiana just finished open season, but I bet they will modify the route to only have it go through oil states and bypass Arkansas.