Highlights Canadian pipeline bottleneck ended Q4 2021 More pipeline, rail and barge projects in progress Canadian volumes ramping up, but not dramatically As crude oil prices have surged, so to has a renewed emphasis on North American energy security and the need for the US to lean more on volumes from the Canadian oil sands. Not registered? Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now Energy executives and analysts acknowledge there now exists ample pipeline and rail capacity to move additional barrels from Alberta into US refining hubs, even without the infamous Keystone XL Pipeline project that President Joe Biden effectively canceled. A handful of competing pipeline projects and expansions recently ended the longstanding Canadian pipeline bottleneck into the US, easing the flow of the heavy Canadian barrels desired by many US refineries. Pipeline capacity tightness could still emerge in early 2023 — if Canadian […]