A new report from Oil Change International challenges industry’s common assumption that the continued production of oilsands crude is inevitable. The report, Lockdown: The End of Growth in the Tar Sands , argues industry projections — to expand oilsands production from a current 2.1 million barrels per day to as much as 5.8 million barrels per day by 2035 — rely on high prices, public licence and a growing pipeline infrastructure — all of which are currently endangered in a carbon-constrained world. As the report’s authors find, growing opposition to oil production — especially in the oilsands, which is among the most carbon intensive oil in the world — has significantly altered public perception of pipelines, a change amplified by the cross-continental battles against the Enbridge Northern Gateway , Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain , TransCanada Energy East and TransCanada Keystone XL pipelines. According to the report’s authors, production growth […]