Canada's Dreams of Energy Independence Limited by Lack of Pipelines

Canada's Dreams of Energy Independence Limited by Lack of Pipelines

by cobbi@oilprice.com (Kurt Cobb)

You are not alone if you think it's odd that Canada--the world's ninth largest exporter of crude oil and petroleum products and the main supplier of oil imports to the United States--is itself a longtime oil importer, importing more than 40 percent of its oil needs this year.The situation results from historical pipeline development which has left Canada without a major east-west pipeline to bring the huge surplus of oil produced in the western provinces--now primarily from tar sands--to the eastern part of the country. The country's provinces…Read more...http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Canadas-Dreams-of-Energy-Independence-Limited-by-Lack-of-Pipelines.html