Keystone XL underway
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Here's an old CNN article why it's needed which is still relevant. https://www.cnn.com/2012/02/23/opinion/hoeven-keystone-pipeline-defense/index.html
As a Canadian, glad to see it get started. Its been a long, tough road to start of XL construction.
The really strange part is Canada is a net exporter of oil, but eastern Canada is still mostly supplied from Saudi Arabia.
We have pipelines in place that can supply across Canada.
All I can say is "follow the money".
The really strange part is Canada is a net exporter of oil, but eastern Canada is still mostly supplied from Saudi Arabia.
We have pipelines in place that can supply across Canada.
All I can say is "follow the money".
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Originally Posted by Danno
The really strange part is Canada is a net exporter of oil, but eastern Canada is still mostly supplied from Saudi Arabia.
We have pipelines in place that can supply across Canada.
All I can say is "follow the money".
This has to do with the refineries and which kind of oil is easiest (cheapest) for them to process. Those refineries are equipped to refine light, "sweet" crude, which the Middle East exports in large volumes. You typically don't see that type of crude coming from the Canada oil sands.
The inverse is true in portions of the US Gulf coast-- they import oil that is the heavier variety of crude because most of the refineries were built when heavy or "sour" crude was being imported from Venezuela in huge quantities. The oil from Venezuela is largely long gone, and now there's an overabundance of light crude, but it's more cost effective for those refineries to keep importing the sour crude from Canada and elsewhere.
The really strange part is Canada is a net exporter of oil, but eastern Canada is still mostly supplied from Saudi Arabia.
We have pipelines in place that can supply across Canada.
All I can say is "follow the money".
This has to do with the refineries and which kind of oil is easiest (cheapest) for them to process. Those refineries are equipped to refine light, "sweet" crude, which the Middle East exports in large volumes. You typically don't see that type of crude coming from the Canada oil sands.
The inverse is true in portions of the US Gulf coast-- they import oil that is the heavier variety of crude because most of the refineries were built when heavy or "sour" crude was being imported from Venezuela in huge quantities. The oil from Venezuela is largely long gone, and now there's an overabundance of light crude, but it's more cost effective for those refineries to keep importing the sour crude from Canada and elsewhere.
It would appear the project has suffered another setback today.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/15/keystone-xl-pipeline-montana-judge-environment
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/keystone-xl-montana-ruling-1.5533863
In Canada, especially western Canada there's this notion that long pipeline construction delays are rooted in a current left-centrist government that doesn't care about the industry, and are a uniquely Canada problem. All the while conveniently ignoring the fact that the previous right-centrist government accomplished equally precious little (when it comes to getting pipelines built), and that Keystone XL has experienced more delays and setbacks in the US than Canada.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/15/keystone-xl-pipeline-montana-judge-environment
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/keystone-xl-montana-ruling-1.5533863
In Canada, especially western Canada there's this notion that long pipeline construction delays are rooted in a current left-centrist government that doesn't care about the industry, and are a uniquely Canada problem. All the while conveniently ignoring the fact that the previous right-centrist government accomplished equally precious little (when it comes to getting pipelines built), and that Keystone XL has experienced more delays and setbacks in the US than Canada.
You mean like Standing Rock?
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