Full Speed Ahead! Canada OKs 100,000 BPD Expansion Of Tar Sands With Shell

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While an effort to curb emissions would help Canada's case, according to experts, The Wall Street Journal reports the Canadian government is going in another direction.

Canada's government approved the expansion of an oil-sands mine late last week with Royal Dutch Shell. It is the latest in a string of efforts to ramp up oil sands production, The Wall Street Journal reports.

The deal expands a part of an open-pit surface mine, adding on 100,000 more barrels of oil a day for production from the site. Shell has not signed off on the deal yet but is reviewing the Canadian government's terms.

The decision came after a long environmental impact assessment by regulators and a second approval from Alberta, where the oil sands are located.

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http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/192436-as-clock-ticks-on-keystone-xl-canada-approves-oil-sands-expansion