Alberta is in discussions with Alaska about shipping oil sands crude through the U.S. state to the Pacific as approval for the southbound Keystone XL pipeline languishes in Washington.

Alberta Premier Jim Prentice-Courtesy wikipedia

The Alaska plan would involve constructing a pipeline along the Mackenzie River valley and then west to existing ports on the U.S. coast, Alberta Premier Jim Prentice said in an interview at Bloomberg’s headquarters in New York. Alaskan ports have been staging points for maritime crude shipments for decades.

“It’s technically feasible,” Prentice said. “Whether it’s economically feasible has yet to be determined, so we’re working on that.”

(Source: Calgary Herald)