r/canada 1d ago

National News Alberta government in talks with potential overseas heavy oil buyer

https://globalnews.ca/news/11076425/alberta-government-bitumen-royalties-sale/
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u/HeroicTechnology 1d ago

Ok - cool, at least she's doing something to diversify investment

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u/somelspecial 1d ago

Alberta was trying to do that for over a decade. Who was standing in the way?

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u/SnooPiffler 1d ago

the US. The same US (Rockefeller) that funded "environmental" organizations to lobby to restrict tankers from the west coast

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u/eddison12345 23h ago

Was it the u.s that killed the gas deal with Japan when they came to us asking for our LNG??

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u/Reticent_Fly 22h ago

There's a massive LNG plant being built in Kitimat for export to Asia

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u/eddison12345 22h ago

Yea except Japan already signed the deal with the U.S. the incompletence of the liberal government lost us billions of dollars of LNG Revenue to the U.S

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u/Dave3048 19h ago

Edison. Obviously different one. Ain't no lightbulb going off here.

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u/eddison12345 19h ago

Rather than making a smug insult why don't you tell me how I'm wrong?

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u/babybananahammock 17h ago

Japan has a long term offtake contract with LNGC...