Value can be created therefore by building a delivery system which can deliver oil elsewhere: which is part of what Keystone XL is about, delivering the Albertan oil to the Gulf Cost, not just to Cushing.
This article explains how we came up with our conclusion and why we urgently need to reform our tax system so that it finally fits the way value is created in the digital economy.
Each of these companies has a created an operating system that people invest their time and money in, systems that value the sunk cost in both time and money and penalize the long slog of moving to another digital planet.