Google maps go in close to where the 845 and highway 4 south of Lethbridge meet at Procor try to count the number of rail cars there owned by Warren and his friends there’s your storage yard
Very good forward thinking 🤔 but who do you think really owns the oil , once the soil is touched by an American shovel they then take ownership of the product , and divide up the income as they see fit , and sell it to the customers of their choice , we are like a cow that is being milked with no say in the process,(some think we do but ….) that’s why the rail cars filled with oil go south and not east to supply the Canadian market . Rail cars could be used for storage , on the tracks heading east.
The mere threat of Canada asserting its sovereignty over our oil reserves could boost national pride!
Our federal and provincial leaders must start having these discussions and show our number one customer that we have options. It’s time for them to start worrying instead of us.
Alberta economist Kent Fellows has a similar proposal that sounds promising: use provincial curtailment to reduce production and drive up prices (similar to 2019 when there was a pipeline capacity issue). So no new storage would be needed - you just keep more of it in the ground. https://vancouverkingsway.ca/coercion
I have often wondered if we couldn't create a pipeline on wheels by moving western oil to eastern refineries along the train tracks - long trains moving slowly west to east. New pipelines are a hard sell in Quebec but the tracks already exist. The Lac Megantic disaster was caused in part by the crude oil, which was very light and actually more like gasoline. Western Canada Select is much heavier and less volatile, and and oil sands oil is practically a solid at ambient temperatures. Less environmental risk.
Google maps go in close to where the 845 and highway 4 south of Lethbridge meet at Procor try to count the number of rail cars there owned by Warren and his friends there’s your storage yard
Very good forward thinking 🤔 but who do you think really owns the oil , once the soil is touched by an American shovel they then take ownership of the product , and divide up the income as they see fit , and sell it to the customers of their choice , we are like a cow that is being milked with no say in the process,(some think we do but ….) that’s why the rail cars filled with oil go south and not east to supply the Canadian market . Rail cars could be used for storage , on the tracks heading east.
Deny,
Fill ‘er up with SPR!
The mere threat of Canada asserting its sovereignty over our oil reserves could boost national pride!
Our federal and provincial leaders must start having these discussions and show our number one customer that we have options. It’s time for them to start worrying instead of us.
Thanks for raising this important topic, Deny!
Alberta economist Kent Fellows has a similar proposal that sounds promising: use provincial curtailment to reduce production and drive up prices (similar to 2019 when there was a pipeline capacity issue). So no new storage would be needed - you just keep more of it in the ground. https://vancouverkingsway.ca/coercion
Forward thinking. 👍🏻
I'd be curious to see the exports to GDP by province over the past 60-odd years.
I have often wondered if we couldn't create a pipeline on wheels by moving western oil to eastern refineries along the train tracks - long trains moving slowly west to east. New pipelines are a hard sell in Quebec but the tracks already exist. The Lac Megantic disaster was caused in part by the crude oil, which was very light and actually more like gasoline. Western Canada Select is much heavier and less volatile, and and oil sands oil is practically a solid at ambient temperatures. Less environmental risk.