The line was expected to be filled with oil starting next month with the first cargo being shipped from Vancouver in April. The company averted potentially “years” of delays earlier this month when the Canada Energy Regulator approved the use of smaller pipe in a section where Trans Mountain was facing drilling challenges through a mountain. The company has applied for multiple variances in recent months due to drilling challenges through the rugged terrain of British Columbia.
Trans Mountain would be the biggest addition of oil export pipeline capacity in more than a decade and the first expansion of the country’s sole oil conduit to the West Coast, allowing access to markets in Asia and the U.S. West Coast. Canadian oil producers in Alberta are struggling with heavy rationing on existing oil pipelines due to rising production and a lack of export conduits.
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