Shipping Oil

CN, Ottawa eye shipping oil by rail to B.C. coast

Hamilton Spectator

ByBruce Cheadle

 

OTTAWA Internal government documents show CN Rail is considering shipping Alberta crude oil to Prince Rupert, B.C., by rail in quantities matching the controversial proposed Northern Gateway pipeline.

Government memos obtained by Greenpeace under the Access to Information Act suggest Chinese-owned Nexen Inc., is working with CN to ship oil by tanker to Asia.

CN told federal officials at a meeting last March that they had "ample capacity" to match the daily carrying capacity of the controversial Northern Gateway pipeline.

Memos to Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver and to the ministers of trade and transport say oil by rail is an "an increasingly viable option" and that rail companies have an unlimited capacity, in theory, to carry oil.

Greenpeace says the Prince Rupert rail option looks like a Plan B in case Enbridge's Northern Gateway pipeline is rejected, but says rail poses even greater risks.

CN is denying it has made a specific proposal for Prince Rupertw, but says it will consider any such project as it comes up.

THis is an extract from http://www.thespec.com/news-story/4119112-cn-ottawa-eye-shipping-oil-by-rail-to-b-c-coast/

 

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