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TransCanada today asked the Obama administration to pause its review of Keystone XL, a shift in strategy that could keep the pipeline alive for another year or more.

The company made its request weeks after applying for regulatory approval of a new route for the controversial project from the Nebraska Public Service Commission, an independent stage regulatory body. Opponents of the pipeline had fought for Keystone to get reviewed by the PSC instead of by a Republican governor - meaning that today's request by TransCanada amounts to a bid to use Keystone critics' tactics to benefit the company.

"I note that when the status of the Nebraska pipeline route was challenged last year, the State Department found it appropriate to suspend its review until that dispute was resolved," TransCanada CEO Russ Girling said in a statement. "We feel under the current circumstances a similar suspension would be appropriate."

A State spokesman did not immediately return a request for comment.

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