[Ost-news] Canadian Crude: Impact Felt 1,200 Miles Away

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Canadian Crude: Impact Felt 1,200 Miles Away  
- 11/12/2007 

Canada produces two and a half million barrels of oil a day and production is expected to double over the next decade. So, energy companies are looking for ways to get a newly developed oil from Canada to refineries in North America. One option is TransCanada's proposed Keystone Pipeline that would run through South Dakota and it all would start in Fort McMurray, Alberta.

It's about as far north as any paved road in Alberta goes. Fort McMurray sits in the Athabasca River valley 275 miles north of Edmonton.

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    [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/canadian-crude-impact-felt-1200-miles-away

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