Not sure if BC wants it anyway.
Alberta introduces law to restrict flow of oil, gas amid pipeline dispute with B.C.
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says newly introduced legislation that would give her province sweeping new powers to restrict the export of natural gas, oil and refined fuels across its boundaries could be used in response to Kinder Morgan Inc. killing off plans for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
On Monday, her government introduced Bill 12, the Preserving Canada’s Economic Prosperity Act, that if passed would enable Alberta’s energy minister to require companies to get permits to ship oil and refined products such as gasoline and diesel – as the government determines necessary – when previously firms did not ever have to get permission. Ms. Notley said it’s about getting the best price for Alberta’s bitumen and refined products, but is also about sending a message to British Columbia which opposes the $7.4 billion expansion project.
According to the National Energy Board, most of the gasoline consumed in B.C. comes from Alberta, delivered primarily by the existing Trans Mountain pipeline.
Ms. Notley told reporters the legislation will only be used if necessary, and she hopes it won’t be. She framed her government’s bill less as punishing British Columbia and more about giving Alberta more strategic control over its resources.
But she said her province is rapidly running out of pipeline space to ship its heavy oil. She said under the legislation, the province might determine that because pipelines don’t have enough capacity for bitumen, more of the 80,000 barrels of refined fuels that go to British Columbia every day will need to be shipped by rail.
“And it is true that it going on rail may inadvertently impact the price that people pay for it on the other end of the train track,” Ms. Notley told reporters.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/can...egislation-that-would-give-province-power-to/
Alberta introduces law to restrict flow of oil, gas amid pipeline dispute with B.C.
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says newly introduced legislation that would give her province sweeping new powers to restrict the export of natural gas, oil and refined fuels across its boundaries could be used in response to Kinder Morgan Inc. killing off plans for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
On Monday, her government introduced Bill 12, the Preserving Canada’s Economic Prosperity Act, that if passed would enable Alberta’s energy minister to require companies to get permits to ship oil and refined products such as gasoline and diesel – as the government determines necessary – when previously firms did not ever have to get permission. Ms. Notley said it’s about getting the best price for Alberta’s bitumen and refined products, but is also about sending a message to British Columbia which opposes the $7.4 billion expansion project.
According to the National Energy Board, most of the gasoline consumed in B.C. comes from Alberta, delivered primarily by the existing Trans Mountain pipeline.
Ms. Notley told reporters the legislation will only be used if necessary, and she hopes it won’t be. She framed her government’s bill less as punishing British Columbia and more about giving Alberta more strategic control over its resources.
But she said her province is rapidly running out of pipeline space to ship its heavy oil. She said under the legislation, the province might determine that because pipelines don’t have enough capacity for bitumen, more of the 80,000 barrels of refined fuels that go to British Columbia every day will need to be shipped by rail.
“And it is true that it going on rail may inadvertently impact the price that people pay for it on the other end of the train track,” Ms. Notley told reporters.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/can...egislation-that-would-give-province-power-to/
