OTTAWA, July 6 (Xinhua) -- The Canadian provincial governments of Alberta and Ontario on Monday jointly proposed a new 3,300-kilometer crude oil pipeline route across four Canadian provinces in an effort to enhance national energy independence and reduce reliance on foreign markets.
The proposed project, named the Northern Shield Energy Corridor, is designed to transport crude oil from Hardisty, Alberta, to the refining hub of Sarnia, Ontario. The pipeline is projected to move approximately 500,000 barrels of oil per day, with the potential to expand capacity up to 800,000 barrels per day.
This energy corridor study stems from a Memorandum of Understanding between Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan, which commits these provinces to identify areas of collaboration that would protect Canadian workers, including new energy and trade infrastructure, and to continue cooperation in advancing the development of nuclear energy to meet growing energy needs.
Just last week, Canada's federal government submitted a formal proposal for a major 1,200-kilometer interprovincial pipeline to the country's west coast.
Dubbed the West Coast Oil Pipeline, the project is designed to transport 1 million barrels of heavy crude per day from Bruderheim, Alberta, to a marine export terminal at Roberts Bank, British Columbia, primarily targeting Asian markets.
