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Opinion: Busting The “Canadian Bakken” Myth

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The financial pages of Canadian newspapers have been full of headlines lately announcing the potential of two large shale oil fields in the Northwest Territories said to contain enough oil to rival the Bakken Formation of North Dakota and Montana. enthused the Financial Post. “NEB But with U.S. on Friday, June 5 th.

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State Department releases Keystone XL Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

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Rail loading facilities for the Canadian oil sands are estimated to have a capacity of approximately 700,000 bpd of crude oil, and by the end of 2014 this will likely increase to more than 1.1 The dominant drivers of oil sands development are more global than any single infrastructure project. million bpd.

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