The climate activists» strategy to stop pipelines may not stop
Canadian oil imports.
The fight in Minnesota is the latest effort by climate change activists to erect barriers to
Canadian oil imports with the goal of curbing greenhouse gas emissions.
Not exact matches
In fact, in the 10 years previous to the January 2011 cut - off of the graph,
Canadian light
oil sold (in Edmonton) at a $ 2 per barrel premium to the average cost of U.S. Saudi Light
oil imports because of our access to premium - priced markets in the mid-continent.
After all, Canada is
oil independent, yet refineries in Quebec and the Atlantic provinces, lacking access to western
Canadian oil,
import crude from Algeria and the U.K. Subject to no tariffs and few other
import restrictions, raw energy is a freely traded commodity that follows the dictates of the market.
The United States
imports both
Canadian and Mexican
oil and sells natural gas and fuel to Mexico.
If the marginal barrel is moving by pipeline, the difference between
oil in Alberta and
oil on the east coast is likely to be comparable to the shipping tolls on Energy East, and so running
Canadian oil would not save refiners any money at all relative to running
imported crude.
That suggests it could be critical for Mr. Trudeau to convince Mr. Trump that he should consider
Canadian oil like U.S.
oil — in other words, that the U.S. should not count
Canadian oil as an
import when they consider their trade balance.
Canada wants to open up the European market to
imports of
Canadian genetically modified products, particularly canola
oil.
Like other exporters,
Canadian oil and gas producers have worried about protectionist rhetoric employed by Mr. Trump, and a border adjustment proposal in Congress that could effectively place an
import tax on goods entering the U.S. market.
Hyundai Oilbank bought 300,000 barrels of crude from Chevron Corp as part of its efforts to diversify its crude
imports and gain access to cheaper
Canadian oil.
12 % of US Daily Crude
Imports Done by Enbridge Enbridge Energy is intimately connected with expanding production of oil from the Alberta tar sands and delivering it to the United States — their 2009 annual report states that they transport 71 % of western Canadian crude exports, satisfying 12 % of US daily crude oil i
Imports Done by Enbridge Enbridge Energy is intimately connected with expanding production of
oil from the Alberta tar sands and delivering it to the United States — their 2009 annual report states that they transport 71 % of western
Canadian crude exports, satisfying 12 % of US daily crude
oil importsimports.
The first item should be a ban on any
imports of
Canadian tar sand
oil to the U.S., plus pressure on Canada to shut down those operations.
Thus, opponents contend,
Canadian oil coming through the pipeline would displace little if any
oil imported from unstable, undemocratic, or unfriendly countries like Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, or Venezuela.
The
Canadian oil sands are now poised to become the number one source of US crude oil imports in 2010, according to new research from the IHS CERA Canadian Oil Sands Dialog
oil sands are now poised to become the number one source of US crude
oil imports in 2010, according to new research from the IHS CERA Canadian Oil Sands Dialog
oil imports in 2010, according to new research from the IHS CERA
Canadian Oil Sands Dialog
Oil Sands Dialogue.
«We want to be the first U.S. brand to start using hemp from American rather than
Canadian farmers, once they can grow hemp again in Kentucky,» said David Bronner, President of Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps, the top - selling brand of natural soaps in North America which
imports over 20 tons of organic hemp
oil from Canada annually.
compared to selected
imports,
Canadian oil sands crudes range from 9 % to 19 % more emission - intensive than Middle Eastern Sour, 5 % to 13 % more emission - intensive than Mexican Maya, and 2 % to 18 % more emission - intensive than various Venezuelan crudes, on a Well - to - Wheel basis;
TransCanada told Canada's National Energy Board that in the Midwest, its pipeline would «increase the price of heavy crude to the equivalent cost of
imported crude,» which would provide
Canadian oil companies with an added $ 2 - 3.9 billion in annual revenues.
By blocking the construction of the proposed Keystone XL, which would have delivered roughly one million barrels of ethical
Canadian oil to American markets every single day, the president prevented the potential displacement of existing
oil imports from illiberal and undemocratic OPEC regimes like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait.
Oil sands advocates have seen an opening, however, in Americans» perpetual nervousness over its reliance on oil imports from unfriendly and autocratic regimes, as well as a newly restive Middle East, and have increasingly argued for Canadian petroleum as an alternative to «conflict oil» tanked in from dodgier countri
Oil sands advocates have seen an opening, however, in Americans» perpetual nervousness over its reliance on
oil imports from unfriendly and autocratic regimes, as well as a newly restive Middle East, and have increasingly argued for Canadian petroleum as an alternative to «conflict oil» tanked in from dodgier countri
oil imports from unfriendly and autocratic regimes, as well as a newly restive Middle East, and have increasingly argued for
Canadian petroleum as an alternative to «conflict
oil» tanked in from dodgier countri
oil» tanked in from dodgier countries.
More pipelines means Canada could rely less on
imported foreign
oil and could ship more
Canadian energy overseas.