Despite the cancellation of Keystone XL, Canada’s natural resources minister is unsure if the country needs more pipelines. “I don’t know. … I think the market will decide that and I think investors will decide that,” Seamus O’Regan said at an event in Alberta on June 3. He was responding to the query, “Do you believe Canada still requires additional export capacity beyond [Trans Mountain] and Line 3? What do you see as the likely routes to putting it in place?” The query originally came from Natural Resources Canada staff in January, posed in a briefing note addressed to the the department’s deputy minister shortly after U.S. President Joe Biden scrapped Keystone XL on Jan. 20 on his first day in office. The bureaucrats had sent the note ahead of meetings planned for late January to discuss the cancellation with the Alberta government, Keystone XL owner TC Energy, and other stakeholders. The Canadian …
Questions in Federal Briefing Note Reflect Anti-Oil Mentality, Says Energy Advocate
June 8, 2021
admin
0 Comment