Ahead of pipeline 判決,裁定, Canada says it wants Asia 輸出(する)s

By David Ljunggren

OTTAWA, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Canada's natural 資源s 大臣 said on Tuesday it was important that Canadian oil 輸出(する)s reach Asia, as the 自由主義の 政府 準備するs to decide whether to 認可する Kinder Morgan Inc's 計画(する)s to more than 二塁打 the capacity of a pipeline to the 太平洋の.

Ottawa must decide by Dec. 19 on the company's 提案 to build a second pipeline 隣接する to the 存在するing Trans Mountain line from the Alberta oil sands to the west coast, where the oil could be 負担d on タンカーs and shipped to lucrative Asian 精製するing markets.

環境保護主義者s and aboriginal 行動主義者s 堅固に …に反対する the 事業/計画(する) and have 反応するd 怒って to what they have said were 指示,表示する物s the 自由主義のs would 認可する it.

Oil companies 捜し出すing 救済 from 輸送(する) bottlenecks could be helped if U.S. 大統領-elect Donald Trump fulfils a 約束 to give a 許す for TransCanada Corp's Keystone XL pipeline from Alberta to Texas.

But when 圧力(をかける)d on a possible Keystone 是認, Natural 資源s 大臣 Jim Carr told reporters: "It doesn't get oil to 輸出(する) markets in Asia, and it's a goal of the 政府 of Canada to 拡大する its 輸出(する) markets."

Kinder Morgan Canada 大統領 Ian Anderson, asked about Carr's comments, told reporters in Kamloops, British Columbia, that they were "一貫した with what 生産者s have been 説 for some time, and it's definitely the market we are tryin g to serve."

Carr 追加するd the 政府's position had long been that Canada did not want to rely too much on one market. The 部隊d 明言する/公表するs takes 事実上 all Canada's energy 輸出(する)s.

The 自由主義の 政府 said last week it would toughen its 返答 to oil 流出/こぼすs at sea, a move some 環境保護主義者s saw as a (疑いを)晴らす signal Ottawa would 認可する the Trans Mountain 拡大.

The pipeline runs from Alberta to British Columbia. The 政府 of British Columbia has laid 負かす/撃墜する five 条件s which must be met before it 許すs pipelines to be built on its 領土. One of the 需要・要求するs is that the 連邦の 政府 昇格 its ability to 取り組む oil 流出/こぼすs. (付加 報告(する)/憶測ing by Nia Williams in Kamloops, British Columbia; Editing by Peter Cooney)

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