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Canada and Alberta plan West Coast oil pipeline project for Asian markets
The planned Alberta to British Columbia line, slated for approval as early as September 2027, would follow the Trans Mountain corridor and target the Roberts Bank delivery terminal near Vancouver.
Canada and Alberta have signed agreements to advance a West Coast oil pipeline intended to supply Asian markets, with the project formally declared a potential national interest initiative in a memorandum of understanding dated Nov. 27, 2025, according to OilPrice.
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier Danielle Smith later signed an Implementation Agreement on May 15, 2026 that sets out timelines aimed at pushing for construction approval as early as September 2027, the outlet said. The latest update, announced July 2, lays out the pipeline as a private-public partnership built from Alberta to British Columbia.
The proposed route would take a “southern route” that follows the corridor of the existing Trans Mountain pipeline, which is federally owned and runs from Edmonton to a terminal in Burnaby, British Columbia. The project’s terminus would be Roberts Bank near Tsawwassen on the southwest BC coast, a site that already includes a coal port and container shipping facility.
A project summary cited by OilPrice says the Roberts Bank Delivery Terminal would cover about 260 hectares and include two berths able to accommodate large ocean-going crude oil tankers, with each ship carrying about two million barrels. The plan also seeks to avoid the northern route to bypass First Nations lands that have opposed a line crossing their territories.
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