{"id":2465,"date":"2025-11-26T23:17:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T23:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=2465"},"modified":"2025-11-26T23:17:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T23:17:55","slug":"oil-tanker-ban-just-one-obstacle-to-northern-b-c-pipeline-as-mou-expected-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=2465","title":{"rendered":"Oil tanker ban just one obstacle to northern B.C. pipeline as MOU expected Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A new oilsands pipeline to the northern B.C. coast is a non-starter as long as oil tankers are forbidden there, but experts say a removal of the federal ban would only lift one of many obstacles deterring the private sector from such a project.<\/p>\n

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Media reports say the federal and Alberta governments are poised to announce a memorandum of understanding Thursday, affirming support for a pipeline alongside emissions-reducing measures.<\/p>\n

The agreement reportedly includes exemptions to the tanker ban, which has been law since 2019.<\/p>\n

Warren Mabee, director of the Queen\u2019s University Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy, said the possible MOU would be a \u201cpolicy document\u201d of sorts that\u2019s subject to change and non-binding, but nonetheless significant.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact that \u2026 the prime minister is throwing his weight behind it and the premier is throwing her weight behind it tells us that this is a pretty serious agreement,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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The Alberta government has announced plans to spearhead a proposal for an Alberta-to-B.C. pipeline that could carry up to a million barrels of oilsands crude per day for export to Asian markets.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s been described as \u201cNorthern Gateway 2.0,\u201d referring to an Enbridge project to Kitimat, B.C., that was nixed by the federal government a decade ago after protracted legal battles and intense environmental and First Nations opposition.<\/p>\n

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