Watch: Alberta will purchase rail cars to ship crude
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley announced today that Alberta will purchase rail tankers to ship crude to international markets.
The move comes after Ottawa has failed to step up and respond to Alberta’s proposal, she said during a speech at the Canadian Club of Ottawa.
New rail cars would move an an additional 120,000 barrels a day out of the province, starting late 2019, said the province. The full complement of cars would ship out in 2020.
Crude-by-rail shipments already increased to a rec
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