The XL Keystone oil pipeline is coming closer to fruition.
Friday, the Canadian company that wants to build it has gotten its final permit for an extension through Texas.
It's the next hurdle in linking a pipeline from Alberta to the Gulf Coast.
Construction on the 500-mile stretch from Cushing to Houston will begin in the coming weeks.
President Obama has rejected a broader plan, saying the pipeline needed to be re-routed around the Sandhills in Nebraska.
