Canada Crude to China? Prospects and Barriers of Increasing Chinese Imports of Canadian Oil

The Wilson Center in Washington, DC hosts a panel discussion on China's increasing imports of Canadian oil.

Canada has emerged as the United States’ largest source of imported oil and is expected to increase its oil production over the next decade. Although 99 percent of Canada’s oil is currently exported to the Untied States, plans are underway to construct new pipelines that would enable Canada to export large quantities of its oil to the Asian market. Two of the most notable projects are Enbridge’s Northern Gateway Project and the expansion of Kinder Morgan’s TransMountain Pipeline.

Please join the Canada Institute and China Environment Forum for a program exploring the prospects for completing these projects, regulatory challenges, environmental concerns, and examination of what this might mean for North American energy security. In addition, the program will assess China’s need and desire to import heavy crude from Canada.

Confirmed panelists for the event include Nathan Lemphers, Oilsands policy analyst, Pembina Institute; Robert Johnston, director of global energy and natural resources, Eurasia Group; Norm Rinne, senior director, business development, Kinder Morgan Canada; and Kang Wu, Senior Fellow, East-West Center.