02-19-2015, 05:16 AM
Whoops definitely Alberta not Alaska! I don't know if that was a Freudian slip or autocorrect!
That said if it does go through I doubt it will be to long before we connect it to Alaska which holds a huge portion of the United states oil reserves (proved reserves measured behind only Texas and North Dakota). Right now the lower 48 states produce more because the cost of transport from Alaska is higher but with the completion of a pipeline (and possible future connection to Alaska) that may change. Most of Alaskas budget is funded by oil production and therefore connection to an existing pipeline seems almost inevitable IF keystone is ever completed.
That said if it does go through I doubt it will be to long before we connect it to Alaska which holds a huge portion of the United states oil reserves (proved reserves measured behind only Texas and North Dakota). Right now the lower 48 states produce more because the cost of transport from Alaska is higher but with the completion of a pipeline (and possible future connection to Alaska) that may change. Most of Alaskas budget is funded by oil production and therefore connection to an existing pipeline seems almost inevitable IF keystone is ever completed.