Canada’s C$4.5bn ($3.4bn) takeover of the Trans Mountain crude pipeline system — and its controversial expansion project — comes amid growing divisions, as national and provincial politicians struggle to ease infrastructure constraints weighing on the country’s oil sands industry. Ottowa’s purchase of the asset from pipeline operator Kinder Morgan comes amid growing controversy over the 590,000 b/d expansion from Edmonton in Alberta to Burnaby, British Columbia. The project would boost total system capacity to 890,000 b/d. Canada’s court of appeal on 30 August vacated the government’s approval of the expansion. Its decision leaves the future of the project uncertain, with some analysts predicting delays of between 18 months and three years, depending on the outcome of a possible appeal.
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机译：加拿大的45亿美元（3.4亿美元）收购跨山地原油管道系统 - 及其有争议的扩建项目 - 在越来越多的部门中，作为国家和省政政客争取在国家油砂行业的基础设施限制中奋斗。 Ottowa从Pipeline Operator的购买资产，摩根在艾伯塔省埃德蒙顿的590,000 B / D扩展上越来越多地进入竞争争议。 该项目将向890,000 b / d提升全系统容量。 加拿大上诉法院于8月30日腾出政府对扩张的批准。 其决定使项目未来不确定，一些分析师预测18个月至三年之间的延误，具体取决于可能的上诉的结果。
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