BC Firm Drops Decade-Old Refinery Project for Alberta Oil Exports

BC Firm Drops Decade-Old Refinery Project for Alberta Oil Exports
A boat travels past a refinery at sunset in Burnaby, B.C., on April 17, 2021. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press
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A British Columbia company has cancelled plans to build an oil refinery on the province’s north coast that would have processed northern Alberta oil for export to Asian markets.

Announced in 2014, the Pacific Future Energy refinery project was billed as the “world’s greenest refinery,” with a commitment to operate as a near-net-zero carbon emission refinery and reduce spill risks by shipping refined products instead of heavy oil.