The government of Alberta, weighing the potential of a new refinery for the province, may be on its way to finding out. Now Premier Rachel Notley’s government wants to see if keeping more of the oil at home with a new refinery will make a difference. Pumpjacks are shown pumping crude oil near Halkirk, Alta., on June 20, 2007. And, as with crude oil, pipeline links for refined products to markets outside Alberta are limited. Building refineries in Alberta is “not a solution to the current takeaway situation,” Birn said in a telephone interview.

Source: thestar January 06, 2019 16:30 UTC