This year, the Commerce Department quietly sidestepped the nation's de facto crude oil export ban, approving the first overseas oil shipment in decades. (newrepublic.com)
But with the crude oil export ban lifted and liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports on the rise, landowners like Rosinski are starting to question whether or not giving up their land to serve these private aims qualifies as «public good.» (resilience.org)
Unless you are supposing that, with Energy East, there will be some sort of domestic consumption priority akin to the crude oil export ban in the U.S., there is no reason that Canadian crude would be sold at or below its market price to Canadian refiners. (macleans.ca)