Canadian oil: Could some of it be headed for California?
For The Los Angeles Times
By Kim Murphy
February 21, 2012
Reporting from Seattle
Much of the focus behind Canada’s push to build a new oil pipeline to the West Coast has been to diversify its markets, to reduce its reliance on the U.S. as a customer. The Canadian government says it wants to start selling oil to China and South Korea.
But there are strong indications that California could be the ultimate destination for much of the oil shipped on the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline.