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美国敦促阿尔伯特省“扩大五倍”的油沙产量
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! I/ s- M5 b9 \9 ?6 B9 A3 Ehttp://www.abchinese.com 加西中文网 2007年01月19日 PST 11:18:43 am 6 f: u1 |5 D+ c; e& u z0 w( u, o: a
! G R) @8 i5 `& H8 {. b【加西中文网】美国希望加拿大大幅度地提高亚省油沙出口美国的数量。这一提议将对亚省的环境产生重大的影响。www.abchinese.com
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) \5 }; P- G2 C. R, N1 b8 D+ L根据加拿大的一家法语广播网络的会议记录，美国和加拿大石油执行部门和政府官员2006年1月份曾举行两天的峰会，计划在“相对短的时期”内，将油沙产量“提高五倍”。会议由加拿大自然资源部和美国能源部联合主办。www.abchinese.com: w0 C) `" p6 {$ f2 M8 C
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+ M! B# e# N# L加拿大目前已经是美国市场的最大石油进口国，相当于每天出口100万桶石油，这正好与亚省目前的油沙产量相同。www.abchinese.com
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U9 ^, i4 a6 x3 R9 S, o: ]增加5倍的油沙产量意味着一天出口500万桶，这将解决美国四分之一的石油消费，构成全美几乎50%的石油进口量。
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+ O+ B1 \2 V8 p8 k! F- |U.S. urges 'fivefold expansion' in Alberta oilsands production; ^5 U {2 ]5 K$ R! U
18/01/2007 6:31:07 AM
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6 l2 t" t% L$ D; L8 WThe U.S. wants Canada to dramatically expand its oil exports from the Alberta oilsands, a move that could have major implications on the environment.! X# h& h4 B: |+ P' \# E# l
2 K6 a# ^0 N. j) x$ E! l! G, ?% ?U.S.and Canadian oil executives and government officials met for a two-day oil summit in Houston in January 2006 and made plans for a "fivefold expansion" in oilsands production in a relatively "short time span," according to minutes of the meeting obtained by the CBC's French-language network, Radio-Canada.0 s) A* J/ L1 }3 t" c* M$ E
The meeting was organized by Natural Resources Canada and the U.S. Department of Energy.
' T4 z+ V# x) a8 _Canada is already the top exporter of oil to the American market, exporting the equivalent of one million barrels a day - the exact amount that the oilsands industry in Alberta currently produces.
9 M; Y) ~4 B: Z: |; P: RA fivefold increase would mean the export of five million barrels a day, which would supply a quarter of current American consumption and add up to almost half of all U.S. imports., C( e u4 y( ~5 d6 S
"We need to look at additional pipelines from Canada to the U.S. as a new source of supplier, a growing source of supply," said Bob Greco of the American Petroleum Institute.
3 r. R% R a( KBut the current extraction of oil from the tarsands results in the spewing of millions of tonnes of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere: it's already the biggest source of new greenhouse gas emissions in Canada.
+ ?3 `6 R0 y/ W' X. tThe news of the call for the massive boost in oil production comes as Prime Minister Stephen Harper has pledged to make the environment one of his top priorities, vowing that Canadians deserve more action on climate change. Polls show the environment is the number one concern of Canadians.
! ^7 O1 F8 W O$ G- S' A0 Z4 y L5 RYet, according to the minutes of the Houston meeting, to multiply its output by five and to do it quickly, Canada would have to "streamline" its environmental regulations for new energy projects.
+ U+ m! e* [6 ~2 a1 lNo plans to 'streamline' environmental assessments: PMO/ x% ?, \+ S, x8 W- I
On Thursday, a spokesman for the Prime Minister's Office said the federal Tories will not "streamline" environmental assessments to speed up oilsands development.
4 g1 H K2 {7 y6 s; R$ L- \, K"Canada's natural resources will be developed but that will not be done at the expense of the environment," Dmitri Soudas told the Canadian Press.
" [! U1 o% h. A7 v6 KCanada's main oil lobby group said there is no pledge to increase production five-fold for the Americans.; l& m6 f. z6 f1 ]
"There is no promise," said Greg Stringham of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers. "It's up to the market whether this thing goes fast or slow."" G+ ~8 [( E$ y( R$ x( X
In his state of the union address in 2006, U.S. President George W. Bush set out a goal to drastically reduce oil imports from the Middle East and make American dependence on Middle Eastern oil "a thing of the past."
, _) u% u5 B3 K! S! i- _Paul Michael Weaby, a Washington insider and an expert on the geo-strategic aspect of the oil industry, said Bush is counting on Canada to help wean the United States off Middle Eastern oil - a goal now defined as a national security objective.
* y) G7 Y+ p* C/ X8 ~"He wanted to have a reduction of 1.5 million barrels a day by 2015 from the Middle East. Although he did not mention Canada, that is in fact where the replacement supply will come from."0 W: J# ?, Q- v3 H
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