New All-Canada Tar Sands Pipeline Would Be 1/3 Bigger Than Keystone XL

[hatrack]

TransCanada Corporation announced yesterday they will proceed with plans to create a pipeline capable of shipping 1.1 million barrels per day (bpd) of oil and tar sands bitumen from western Canada to refineries and ports in Quebec and New Brunswick. Called “Energy East“, this west-to-east pipeline would dwarf the oil delivery capacity of TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline in the U.S. (830,000 bpd).



he premiers of Alberta and New Brunswick declared Energy East a “nation building” pipeline. The pipeline will pass through Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick.

“This is an historic opportunity to connect the oil resources of western Canada to the consumers of eastern Canada, creating jobs, tax revenue and energy security for all Canadians for decades to come,” said Russ Girling, TransCanada’s president and chief executive officer, in a statement. It remains unclear how much of Energy East’s oil will be exported outside of Canada and how much tar sands bitumen will be shipped through the pipeline.

Eastern Canadian refineries are not outfitted to refine large quantities of bitumen. TransCanada has stated the Energy East project will involve shipping oil to “existing North American markets” but there is speculation Europe or Asia could be possible destinations for the pipeline’s oil.

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http://ecowatch.com/2013/new-transcanada-pipeline-plan/

[leveymg]

1. The only nation that's being built by this is China, and T. Boon Pickens'.

[NickB79]

2. Tar sands oil to the east coast, then through the NW Passage to China?

That's a scary thought.

[FogerRox]

3. Thats cost prohibitive

The tar sands #1 product is syncrude. Including an API 32 low sulfur light sweet syncrude thats perfect for western EU refineries.

Meanwhile probably 40-50% of this oil would end up in Eastern Canada.

[FogerRox]

4. TNR,

For a more complete summary of all the Pipelines:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/04/18/1195156/-Keystone-East-Doubling-down-Or-admitting-KXL-defeat#

[limpyhobbler]

5. I doubt the humans will go for this idea.

It could be seen as a threatening their habitat.