Canada faces tough

pipeline options

U.S. president Barack Obama’s decision to reject the Keystone XL pipeline puts pressure on Justin Trudeau’s new Liberal government to rehabilitate Canada’s environmental record and find new routes to get oil from Alberta’s tar sands to foreign markets

Existing Keystone pipeline

POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES

600,000 barrels per day

Trans-Mountain:

Nearly triple

Proposed Keystone XL

capacity of existing pipeline to bring

890,000 bpd to Vancouver

Rejected pipeline would have carried

830,000 bpd of oil from Alberta

to Gulf of Mexico

Energy East:

Repurpose

existing natural gas pipeline to carry

1.1 million bpd of Alberta crude

across six provinces and 4,600km

to port on Atlantic coast.

Estimated cost:

Northern Gateway:

Proposed

pipeline ruled out by Trudeau on

environmental grounds, would have

carried 525,000 bpd to Pacific coast

US$10.7 billion

Alberta oil sands:

Vast

crude bitumen reserves

Kitimat

Hudson

Bay

Hardisty

Saint John

CANADA

Quebec

Ottawa

Vancouver

Edmonton

Prime Minister

Justin Trudeau

Steele

City

Patoka

Cushing

UNITED

STATES

Washington

D.C.

Houston

Port Arthur

Gulf of Mexico

500km

300 miles

MEXICO

Source: TransCanada

Picture: Associated Press

Canada faces tough

pipeline options

U.S. president Barack Obama’s decision to reject the Keystone XL pipeline puts pressure on Justin Trudeau’s new Liberal government to rehabilitate Canada’s environmental record and find new routes to get oil from Alberta’s tar sands to foreign markets

Alberta oil sands:

Vast

crude bitumen reserves

Kitimat

Saint John

Hardisty

Quebec

CANADA

Ottawa

Vancouver

Edmonton

U.S.

Justin Trudeau

Steele

City

Washington

D.C.

Patoka

Cushing

ATLANTIC

OCEAN

Port Arthur

500km

Houston

Gulf of Mexico

300 miles

Existing Keystone pipeline:

600,000 bpd

Proposed Keystone XL:

Rejected pipeline

would have carried 830,000 bpd of oil from Alberta

to Gulf of Mexico

Northern Gateway:

Proposed pipeline ruled out

by Trudeau on environmental grounds, would have

carried 525,000 bpd to Pacific coast

POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES

Trans-Mountain:

Nearly triple capacity of

existing pipeline to bring 890,000 bpd to Vancouver

Energy East:

Repurpose existing natural gas

pipeline to carry 1.1 million bpd of Alberta crude

across six provinces and 4,600km to port on Atlantic

coast. Estimated cost:

US$10.7 billion

Source: TransCanada

Picture: AP

Canada faces

tough pipeline

options

U.S. president Barack Obama’s decision to reject the Keystone XL pipeline puts pressure on Justin Trudeau’s new Liberal government to rehabilitate Canada’s environmental record and find new routes to get oil from Alberta’s tar sands to foreign markets

Alberta oil

sands:

Vast crude

bitumen

reserves

Kitimat

Saint

John

CANADA

Ottawa

Vancouver

UNITED

STATES

Patoka

Port

Arthur

Houston

500km

Gulf of

Mexico

MEXICO

300 miles

Existing Keystone

pipeline:

600,000 barrels per day

Proposed Keystone XL

Rejected pipeline would have

carried 830,000 bpd of oil from

Alberta to Gulf of Mexico

Northern Gateway

Proposed pipeline ruled out by

Trudeau on environmental

grounds, would have carried

525,000 bpd to Pacific coast

POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES

Trans-Mountain

Nearly triple capacity of existing

pipeline to bring 890,000 bpd

to Vancouver

Energy East

Repurpose existing natural gas

pipeline to carry 1.1 million bpd

of Alberta crude across six

provinces and 4,600km to port

on Atlantic coast.

Estimated cost:

US$10.7 billion

Picture: AP

Source: TransCanada