Trudeau squeezed in pipeline crisis

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is caught in a political crisis over expanding the Trans Mountain pipeline to move 890,000 barrels of oil per day from landlocked Alberta’s oil sands to the Pacific coast

Project will create 37,000 direct and indirect jobs and C$7.4bn (US$6bn) in government revenues, according to operator Kinder Morgan

Trudeau says pipeline is in national economic interest and part of his plan to transition to cleaner energy

Plan fiercely opposed by British Columbia, many municipalities, some Aboriginal groups, and environmental activists concerned about possible oil spills

TRANS MOUNTAIN EXPANSION
Project will twin existing 1,150km line built in 1953 – only West Coast link for Western Canadian oil
Expansion will increase capacity from 300,000 to 890,000 bpd

Cost: $7.4 billion
New pipeline
Existing pipeline
Terminal

Alberta oil sands: 170 billion barrels of proven oil reserves

ALBERTA
BRITISH COLUMBIA
PACIFIC OCEAN
CANADA
UNITED STATES
Rocky Mountains
Edmonton
Vancouver

60 miles
100km

Sources: Kinder Morgan, Resourceworld.com
Picture: Getty Images
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