We would still need new pipelines to transport the refined product, most likely to Vancouver to be loaded on oil product tankers for delivery down the west coast. Somehow I doubt that the toxic NIMBY's will be fine with that though, despite their BS red herring arguments about raw bitumen being extra super duper dangerous and urging to refine more product at home.
I don't really like this plan. The Sturgeon refinery opening in the next month is the first new refinery in 40 years for a reason. Most of the refining capacity in NA is in major population clusters like the Gulf Coast and the midwest for a reason. The most efficient value-adding exercise for our economy, by far, is exporting raw heavy oil to overseas markets. That's what needs to happen. The Government needs to devote their resources on making a full court press to make TMX happen.
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