Ample Canadian crude pipeline, rail export capacity exists if output rises

摘要

As crude oil prices have surged, so to has a renewed emphasis on North American energy security and the need for the US to lean more on volumes from the Canadian oil sands. Energy executives and analysts acknowledge there now exists ample pipeline and rail capacity to move additional barrels from Alberta into US refining hubs, even without the infamous Keystone XL Pipeline project that President Joe Biden effectively canceled.