As Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. continues its legal battle with the state of Michigan over Line 5, a former Alberta oil executive says closure of the pipeline would choke one-fifth of Canada’s crude oil exports and upend supply chains for diesel and gasoline production on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border.
“They would do all kinds of things, shipping by rail, by truck and even ship to meet market need. But in my opinion there would be shortages for quite a bit of time,” Richard Masson, an executive fellow at the University of Calgary and chair of World Petroleum Council Canada, said in an interview.
