加拿大自然資源部長喬納森·威爾金森表示：我們正在尋找增加輸往美國的管道石油流量的方法。

今年早些時候，加拿大對美國的石油出口達到了創(chuàng)紀錄的水平。  

加拿大的石油出口基礎設施已經(jīng)或接近滿負荷運轉。

據(jù)美國油價網(wǎng)2022年3月11日報道，加拿大自然資源部長喬納森·威爾金森在接受路透社記者采訪時表示，加拿大正在尋求增加向其南部鄰國輸送原油的途徑。 

威爾金森表示：“我們正在考慮我們的管道網(wǎng)絡是否得到充分利用?！彼a充稱，加拿大政府也在尋求“逐步”提高對歐洲的原油出口。  

“我們的液體和天然氣輸送系統(tǒng)都已達到或接近產(chǎn)能，但我們正在探索可能為美國和歐洲提供更多能源的選擇。 這包括使用墨西哥灣沿岸的原油和天然氣出口設施，” 威爾金森如是說。 

今年早些時候，加拿大對美國的石油出口達到了創(chuàng)紀錄的水平，大量原油運往墨西哥灣沿岸，然后再從那里運往非北美市場。 根據(jù)貨物跟蹤數(shù)據(jù)，去年加拿大從墨西哥灣沿岸地區(qū)的原油日出口量超過了18萬桶，而前兩年約為7萬桶。  

來自油砂的石油日產(chǎn)量也達到創(chuàng)紀錄的350萬桶，但管道輸送能力仍然受到限制。 加拿大大部分石油生產(chǎn)商每天通過安橋公司主線管道系統(tǒng)向美國出口的石油總量約為400萬桶，其余的約59萬桶/天通過基石管道。 

據(jù)路透社報道，在美國和加拿大都在走反化石燃料路線的時候，并不是所有的加拿大石油生產(chǎn)商都愿意為提高產(chǎn)量而投資。

對于管道運營商來說，情況也不確定。 路透社援引安橋公司的話說，該公司正與渥太華就如何緩解美國的能源危機進行談判，但沒有提供任何細節(jié)。 通過鐵路促進石油出口也被討論為一種選擇。  

李峻 編譯自 美國油價網(wǎng)

原文如下：

Canada Considers Ramping Up Oil Exports To U.S.

·     Canada's natural resources minister Jonathan Wilkinson: we're looking for ways to increase pipeline flows to the U.S.

·     Canada's oil exports to the United States hit a record level earlier this year.

·     Canada's oil export infrastructure is already operating at, or near capacity.

Canada is looking for ways to increase pipeline flows of crude oil to its southern neighbor, Canadian natural resources minister Jonathan Wilkinson told Reuters in an interview.

"We are looking at whether our pipeline network is fully utilized," Wilkinson said, adding that Ottawa was also looking to raise crude oil exports to Europe "incrementally".

"Both our liquids and natural gas systems are at or near capacity but we're exploring options that may be taken to provide more energy to the U.S. and Europe. That includes using export facilities on the Gulf Coast for crude and natural gas," Wilkinson explained.

Canada's oil exports to the United States hit a record level earlier this year, with a lot of the crude going to the Gulf Coast and, from there, to non-North American markets. In 2021, according to cargo-tracking data, the rate of Canadian crude oil exports from the Gulf Coast reached more than 180,000 bpd, up from some 70,000 bpd in the two previous years.

Oil production from the oil sands is also running at a record 3.5 million bpd, but pipeline constraints remain. Most of the oil Canadian producers export to the U.S.—some 4 million bpd in total—passes through the Enbridge Mainline pipeline system, and the remainder, around 590,000 bpd, flows through the Keystone pipeline.

Boosting pipeline capacity may be on the table, but, according to the Reuters report, not all Canadian oil producers may be willing to spend on production growth at a time when both the U.S. and the Canadian are following an anti-fossil fuel course.

For pipeline operators, the situation is uncertain, too. Reuters quoted Enbridge as saying it was in talks with Ottawa on how to alleviate the energy crisis in the United States but without providing any specifics. Boosting exports by rail has also been discussed as an option.