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Environmental opposition to keystone and development of oil sand here in canada. let's set the table for you. this is the single largest deposit of oil anywhere in the world. it is size of florida. would last more than a 100 years. they don't need to go looking for it. they know where it is and they know how to get it out. unlike other foreign sources of oil coming to the united states. this doesn't arrive via supertanker from volatile countries notice world all they have to do is put in a pipe and send it south. we have oil canada. >> this represents energy security when we talk about north a...

This far out? well, pump station nine, 110 miles south of fairbanks is the poster child for everything that could and has gone wrong with the trans alaska pipeline. it was an engineering marvel when it was build more than 30 years ago, today it carries about 650,000 barrels of oil a day, across pristine wilderness. but it's aging, bp owns 46% of the company that manages the pipeline. and critics say bp wants to cut costs and potentially put the pipeline at risk. >> i guess your fear is that the same bp corporate culture that we're seeing in the gulf of mexico, where corners were cut, is the sa...

That could and has gone wrong with the transatlantic pipeline. it was an engineering marvel when it was build more than 0 years ago. today it carries over 50,000 barrels a day across the pristine wilderness. it's aging. bp owns 46% of it and critic says bp now wants to cut costs and potentially put the pipeline at risk. >> i guess your fear is that the same bp corporate culture that we're seeing in the gulf of mexico where corners were cut is the same corporate culture managing this pipeline. >> well, that's been the problem -- that i believe has been the problem, yes. >> not just an accident ...

Pipeline in remote alaska. the day before we arrived here, company officials invited us to come take a look. >> nobody's allowed to go through 24 point. >> when did they tell you that? >> this morning. >> they told you that just this morning? >> yes, sir. >> why the security to keep us this far out? well, pump station nine, 110 miles south of fairbanks is the poster child for everything that could and has gone wrong with the trans alaska pipeline. it was an engineering marvel when it was build more than 30 years ago, today it carries about 650,000 barrels of oil a day, across pristine wilderne...

When it was build more than 30 years ago, today it carries about 650,000 barrels of oil a day, across pristine wilderness. but it's aging, bp owns 46% of alyeska, the company that manages the pipeline. and critics say bp wants to cut costs and potentially put the pipeline at risk. i guess your fear is that the same bp corporate culture that we're seeing in the gulf of mexico, where corners were cut, is the same corporate culture managing this pipeline? >> well, that's been the problem that i believe has been the problem, yes. >> reporter: not just an accident waiting to happen, the accidents h...