Experts question influx of major pipeline projects

zmason@medicinehatnews.com Environmental and industry experts are split over the prospects of major pipeline developments as announcements proceed at a blistering pace. Earlier this month, two major pipeline projects were announced with ambitions to transport Alberta bitumen across the country. On Monday, the two governments and the Oil Sands Alliance reached an agreement on the Pathways The post Experts question influx of major pipeline projects appeared first on Medicine Hat News .

Experts question influx of major pipeline projects By ZOE MASON on July 14, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS Todd Korol Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announce a proposed pipeline from Alberta to the B.C. coast in Calgary on July 02. zmason@medicinehatnews.com

Environmental and industry experts are split over the prospects of major pipeline developments as announcements proceed at a blistering pace. Earlier this month, two major pipeline projects were announced with ambitions to transport Alberta bitumen across the country. On Monday, the two governments and the Oil Sands Alliance reached an agreement on the Pathways carbon capture project.

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier Danielle Smith unveiled a route for the long-anticipated pipeline to the British Columbia coast in the first announcement July 2. It was followed just days later by a second announcement from Smith and Ontario Premier Doug Ford outlining a route for the Northern Shield Energy Corridor, a second pipeline that proposes to carry oil from Hardisty, Alta. to Sarnia, Ont.

Smith has described both projects as indicators of a coming boom for Canadian energy resources. “This pipeline is another signal to investors that Canada is once again open for business and the best country on earth from which to secure a reliable