Frank McKenna a highly respected elder statesman of Canadian politics has thrown
his hat into the ring when it comes to opinions about Alberta’s oil sands.
Mr. McKenna is urging all Canadians to seriously consider a massive pipeline system to ship Alberta’s heavy oil from sea to sea. The pipeline would probably run from Fort McMurray to Edmonton, one leg would then run to the coast of British Columbia and the second leg would run completely across Canada to the Maritimes.
The national pipeline system could be a“ put or take” thus any province in Canada could “put” into the line if they had newly discovered or excess oil reserves or any province could “take” if they wanted to build or upgrade a refinery to handle oil sands heavy oil. Most of Canada’s refining capacity is in Quebec and Ontario and Canada’s largest refinery is in Come by Chance, Newfoundland.
The pipeline system would also allow Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland to export oil by tanker east to Europe and ports beyond. British Columbia would export oil west to Asia. Any segment of the line could be twinned to increase capacity or flow could be reversed in direction if required.
If and when Arctic oil comes on stream it could flow from the high Arctic to Norman Wells and then into existing pipelines from Norman Wells, through Zama City and then onwards through lines that could easily be twinned in the future.
A pipeline constructed to handle Alberta oil sands oil should be able to handle most other grades of oil as the line would be constructed to handle viscous high sulfur oil and run “hot”.
Mr. McKenna views this pipeline project as important to Canada as the Canadian National Railway was upon its inception and indeed a project similar in scale and commitment.
It is assumed that some tax deferrals or corporate write offs would probably be required to get the system up and running.
While understanding the environmental concerns of the residents of British Columbia and some opposition from indigenous peoples this project would be considered far too important to the Nation as a whole to block without proven cause.
Mr. McKenna made it very clear that the highest available safety and environmental standards would be required at all stages. Any company that failed to meet the standards would be dropped and replaced.
Mr. McKenna is a Federal Liberal and a resident Maritimer.
It is assumed his interests reside more with Canada as a nation than they do
with Alberta or any particular oil company.
his hat into the ring when it comes to opinions about Alberta’s oil sands.
Mr. McKenna is urging all Canadians to seriously consider a massive pipeline system to ship Alberta’s heavy oil from sea to sea. The pipeline would probably run from Fort McMurray to Edmonton, one leg would then run to the coast of British Columbia and the second leg would run completely across Canada to the Maritimes.
The national pipeline system could be a“ put or take” thus any province in Canada could “put” into the line if they had newly discovered or excess oil reserves or any province could “take” if they wanted to build or upgrade a refinery to handle oil sands heavy oil. Most of Canada’s refining capacity is in Quebec and Ontario and Canada’s largest refinery is in Come by Chance, Newfoundland.
The pipeline system would also allow Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland to export oil by tanker east to Europe and ports beyond. British Columbia would export oil west to Asia. Any segment of the line could be twinned to increase capacity or flow could be reversed in direction if required.
If and when Arctic oil comes on stream it could flow from the high Arctic to Norman Wells and then into existing pipelines from Norman Wells, through Zama City and then onwards through lines that could easily be twinned in the future.
A pipeline constructed to handle Alberta oil sands oil should be able to handle most other grades of oil as the line would be constructed to handle viscous high sulfur oil and run “hot”.
Mr. McKenna views this pipeline project as important to Canada as the Canadian National Railway was upon its inception and indeed a project similar in scale and commitment.
It is assumed that some tax deferrals or corporate write offs would probably be required to get the system up and running.
While understanding the environmental concerns of the residents of British Columbia and some opposition from indigenous peoples this project would be considered far too important to the Nation as a whole to block without proven cause.
Mr. McKenna made it very clear that the highest available safety and environmental standards would be required at all stages. Any company that failed to meet the standards would be dropped and replaced.
Mr. McKenna is a Federal Liberal and a resident Maritimer.
It is assumed his interests reside more with Canada as a nation than they do
with Alberta or any particular oil company.
