Canada’s Envoy Says Keystone Denial Won’t Block Mining
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Heavy oil from Alberta will be developed with or without the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, though the fuel will be delivered to market using less efficient means, Canada’s ambassador to the U.S. said.
Speaking at a Bloomberg Government breakfast in Washington today, Gary Doer said he supported the U.S. State Department’s finding in March that blocking the TransCanada Corp. pipeline won’t stop production of bitumen, a type of heavy crude oil, in the oil sands of the Canadian province.