Canada exports 10 times more oil to the United States than the United States exports to Canada, but that balance is shrinking because of the recent oil boom south of the border. The United States imported about 2.7 million barrels of Canadian oil per day in April 2014. While Canada imported about 263,000 barrels of […]
Comment: Make Prince Rupert the terminus
The recent Supreme Court of Canada ruling should give pause to Enbridge to consider that Port of Prince Rupert as a viable alternative of its plan to build two pipelines from Bruderheim, northeast of Edmonton, to Kitimat, B.C. Certainly the ruling strengthens the hand of the many small native bands that fish the tributaries of […]
U.S. back in the crude oil export business
For the first time since the ’70’s the United States is getting into the oil export business. In the last four decades the only country the US exported oil to was Canada. There is a catch. The U.S. Commerce Department’s ruling has redefined crude in such a way that applies only to a form of […]
Keystone XL economic benefit larger than expected?
The Keystone XL pipeline‘s supporters have long been touting the economic benefits of the project and now they have more ammunition for the ongoing fight. A study conducted by the Maguire Energy Institute at Southern Methodist University, determined a close to 800 kilometre span of the pipeline has been a tremendous financial benefit for two […]
Comment: Ideological purity hurts U.S. economy
One thing all Americans agree on is the need to improve our economy. But as with so many other political issues, extremists in both parties are working against that mutual goal. Two issues that hurt the economy are lack of a rational energy policy and outdated immigration laws. Needed changes are resisted by the far […]
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