Alberta to announce next steps for pipeline proposal on Thursday
environment / draft
Alberta's government is planning a major announcement this Thursday about its plan for a new oil pipeline that would carry one million barrels daily from the oilsands to the West Coast. This project aims to export oil, possibly to Asia. The announcement will cover details of Alberta's submission to a federal office designed to speed up important infrastructure projects. While the government is pushing the project forward, some experts and industry figures reportedly express skepticism about its success. What happens next depends on the details revealed Thursday and how stakeholders react to further plans.
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Jargon, Translated
- oilsands
- Sand, water, and heavy crude oil mixed together, found in large deposits in Alberta, Canada, from which oil is extracted.
- federal major projects office
- A government agency created to help speed up the approval process for major infrastructure projects considered important for Canada's national interest.
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- Alberta government to announce next steps for a West Coast oil pipeline proposal on Thursday.Reported by: National Observer, BNN Bloomberg, iPolitics
- Sam Blackett, press secretary to Premier Danielle Smith, confirmed a "major announcement" will be made.Reported by: National Observer, BNN Bloomberg, iPolitics
- The announcement will share new details about the province's submission to the federal major projects office.Reported by: National Observer, BNN Bloomberg, iPolitics
- The federal major projects office was established a year ago to speed along infrastructure deemed in Canada's national interest.Reported by: National Observer, BNN Bloomberg, iPolitics
- Alberta is acting as a proponent for a new pipeline.Reported by: National Observer, BNN Bloomberg, iPolitics
- The pipeline would carry up to one million barrels per day from the oilsands.Reported by: National Observer, BNN Bloomberg, iPolitics
- The pipeline's West Coast tanker port is yet-to-be-determined.Reported by: National Observer, BNN Bloomberg, iPolitics
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- Experts say industry skepticism is well warranted.Source: National Observer, BNN Bloomberg
- The oilsands pipeline would carry oil to a West Coast port for tanker export to Asia.Source: iPolitics
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