When Barack Obama put on hold plans for an oil pipeline from Canada to the United States, Canada's prime minister said perhaps it was time to turn to Asia. This week further evidence emerged that if America isn't interested in Canada's mucky tar sands, China is.AnonymousThe economist
Canada could increase its oil pipeline export capacity to the U.S. by 2 million barrels per day, Alberta's premier added. "Alberta is and will continue to supply energy to the United States and support America's ambitions of global energy dominance," s...
but I would say it works on the other side of the bucket, too," Wilkinson said, citing some additional capacity on the Trans Mountain pipeline and rail as alternatives to move some Canadian oil.
Canadian pipeline operator Enbridge would not consider a Canadian pipeline project absent a reversal in Ottawa's policy toward energy infrastructure, CEO Greg Ebel said on a recent conference call. He said the country needs permitting reforms, elimination of the proposed cap on...
Smith said Canada is looking at three different pipeline proposals to its West Coast, at least one pipeline into the Northwest Territories, one into Manitoba, one to the Hudson Bay, and one into Eastern Canada. "Those are conversations we were not having three months...
North American energy markets are closely intertwined. Canada ships nearly all of its crude oil exports to the United States, and Mexico’s appetite for natural gas has driven a boom in U.S. pipeline shipments in recent years. Coldwell said the relationship with the United States represents int...
If Trump’s approval of the Keystone XL pipeline can be interpreted as a sign that he doesn’t object to importing oil from Canada, then Trudeau may have a story to tell that might win Trump’s favour. Advertisement 1 This advertisement has not loaded yet. Trending Subscriber only. Conra...
Shortly after receiving an SLL, Canada-based Enbridge expanded a pipeline carrying tar sands oil from Alberta to the United States, a project estimated to increase carbon emissions by the equivalent of 50 new coal-fired power plants. U.K.-based Drax has gotten a series of SLLs linked to pro...
Oil extracted from tar sands is far more polluting than conventional hydrocarbons. But the EU’s decision to change the way it classifies the fuel is good news for Canadian exports and bad news for the environment. EURACTIV’s partner Ouest-France report
million barrels per day (bpd) of curtailed crude oil production in Canada and lower demand in the pandemic have resulted in a rare occurrence in Canada’s pipeline takeaway capacity in recent years—there is space available on the few pipelines taking Canada’s crude oil to the ...