Canada could add up to 900,000 barrels per day of oil export capacity to the US through technical improvements to existing pipelines and increased crude by rail shipments, Alberta premier Jason Kenney told a U.S. Senate committee on Tuesday.
Kenney said an additional 200 bpd could be shipped south by rail, while technical improvements from midstream companies could add as much as 400,000 barrels per day of pipeline capacity by next year. Kenney said that the idea of a North American energy alliance is in the interest of both the U.S. and Canadian people. The premier has urged senators to help protect the Enbridge Inc Line 5 pipeline, which the state of Michigan is trying to shut down because of concerns it could leak into the Great Lakes. He also condemned President Joe Biden's decision to revoke a key permit for the Keystone XL pipeline and urged lawmakers to consider plans for a new major Canadian-U.