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Vincent Lauerman
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Letter from Canada: Alberta makes energy promises it cannot keep

Production capacity and infrastructure do not match province’s rhetoric

The Albertan government has been publicly campaigning to ramp up Western Canadian oil and gas production to bolster Western energy security following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But Western Canada has neither the production capacity nor the infrastructure to bring much more oil and gas to market. The region could significantly boost oil and gas output in the longer term, but it is questionable whether companies would be willing to invest in additional long-life pipeline and LNG liquefaction plants to access international markets. This is partly because the pace of the global energy transition may quicken, with energy security joining climate change as a key driver of energy policy. Alberta

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