Thursday, October 11, 2012

Maine Becomes New Front in Battle Over Canadian Oil Sands

Globe and Mail: The latest flashpoint is in Maine, where activists held a news conference on Wednesday to denounce an allegedly secret plan by Portland Pipe Line Corp. to open a new route to carry western crude by way of Ontario and Quebec through northern New England to the Atlantic coast. That prospect highlights the mismatch between abundant, low-cost western crude and the reliance of eastern refineries on premium-priced offshore imports. As the oil industry looks to spread eastward, governments in Quebec...

URL: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/the-oil-patch-opens-an-eastern-front/article4602808/

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