U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order this week that paves the way for the construction of a pipeline that will carry Canadian crude from Hardisty, Alberta, to Wyoming. It has a capacity of one million barrels of heavy crude per day, increasing exports by 12%. Initially, it’s expected to export about half that amount. It mirrors but does not replicate the route of the doomed Keystone XL pipeline. Had former president Joe Biden not foolishly scrapped that project in 2021, it would be online and helping to ease the energy crunch we’re now in. Read More
