Canada eyes Asia with new West Coast oil pipeline plan
Canada says it has secured a deal with British Columbia to build a major oil pipeline from Alberta to the West Coast, aiming to export over 1 million barrels per day to Asian markets and reduce dependence on the United States amid a US–Canada trade war. The plan involves the Trans Mountain Corporation and Pembina Pipeline, with Alberta pushing production growth while BC faces environmental and Indigenous concerns and maintains its northern coast tanker ban. The arrangement follows the Trans Mountain expansion that already shifted a large share of Pacific Coast crude to Asia, part of a broader effort to diversify energy markets beyond the US.
