Alberta Premier Expects Oil Pipeline Proposal Within Weeks

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith expects a private-sector firm to propose a new oil pipeline to the British Columbia coast within weeks in a bid to become one of the first entrants on the Canadian government’s list of nationally important projects.

Smith said she is in active discussions with major energy companies and that a line to northwest BC “is the most credible and the most economic of all of the pipeline proposals the private sector would consider.” She declined to name which company she expects to bring forward the project.