The Canadian government will likely look at selling equity in the state-owned Trans Mountain oil pipeline only after steps are taken over the next few years to maximize its output, Energy Minister Tim Hodgson said.

In a news release, Milobar said he called on Eby in the legislature two weeks ago to admit to the need for a new pipeline, and here “we are, 10 days later, and all of a sudden he’s starting to support the idea of a new pipeline. He needs to make up his mind.”

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and the premier of Canada’s oil rich province of Alberta have agreed to work toward building a pipeline to the Pacific Coast to diversify the country’s oil exports beyond the United States,

The co-operation agreement is a reset in relations between Alberta and Ottawa, but has met pushback from environmental groups and British Columbia.

Maureen Nyce, the elected chief councillor of the Haisla Nation, says there’s little Ottawa could do to get her community on side with a new oil pipeline through B.C. That echoes B.C. Energy Minister Adrian Dix who is against a pipeline and says there are better alternatives.

The operator of the Keystone Pipeline says preliminary findings indicate a fatigue crack caused an oil spill in North Dakota in April.

Chevron confirmed that crude oil loadings from its Kazakhstan project via the damaged CPC terminal at Russia's Novorossiysk port are continuing despite a recent Ukrainian drone attack.

The 400-mile Olympic Pipeline starts at the Cherry Point refinery in Whatcom County and has been leaking for at least 18 days.

The assault is directed on the pipeline from Kazakhstan to the Black Sea coast in Russia that is operated by Caspian Pipeline Consortium

The Exxon Valdez disaster happened more than 36 years ago off Alaska's coast, but the catastrophic oil spill still looms over plans for a pipeline from Alberta to the northern British Columbia coast.

When asked about a possible oil pipeline, Quebec Premier François Legault told Radio-Canada on Thursday that “there is an opening, but only as long as we respect the environment and it is profitable for Quebec.