By Robert Tuttle
Home to the Canadian oil sands, the western province has long struggled with a lack of enough pipeline capacity to ship its crude to U.S. refineries. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has threatened to take legal action against Biden’s decision.
Below are some of the main numbers from the budget report:
- Exposure to Keystone XL was C$1.276 billion ($1 billion) as of this month in the form of an C$384 million equity payment and C$892 million in loans guaranteed by the Alberta government
- Deficit is projected to fall to C$18.2 billion, from C$20.2 billion in the previous fiscal year
- Total revenue to rise by C$1.4 billion to C$43.7 billion
- Real GDP to grow by 4.8% in 2021, compared with a 7.8% contraction in 2020
Oil-market forecasts:
- WTI oil price is forecast to average $46 a barrel in the coming budget period, up from $39.30 in the previous
- Bitumen output from the oil sands will rise to 3.2 million barrels a day from 3 million
- Conventional oil production to rise to 410,000 barrels a day, from 398,000
- Local WCS oil price to average C$40.70 a barrel
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