The government of Canada’s oil-rich Alberta province isn’t getting hung up on hurdles in the way of getting its crude to markets in Asia. The hurdles are manifold, but slowing demand from its traditional market doesn’t justify the expense of extracting and refining oil sands, making Asia its best hope for exploiting bitumen, its particular brand of heavy crude oil, for profit. The most daunting problem at hand is the lack of a pipeline to get Alberta’s oil to port. The payoff is that Asia is projected to be the biggest growth market for energy over the next couple of decades. “We’ve clearly identified Asia as a priority market,” Alberta’s Minister […]