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[Mike K.]

That would be a tremendous economic boon. Double it up with a deep sea container port along the inlet and you’ve got something really special.

[Mike K.]

7.7 billion barrels of oil about to he tapped in Alaska. Expect more oil tankers down our coast.

BC’s foreign funded environmental lobby will play its part in ensuring US oil interests are left alone. But you have to wonder, why are these protest groups so nonchalant about Alaskan oil?

Alaska’s congressional delegation on Thursday succeeded in stripping Biden-era protections from the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, moving to expand opportunities for drilling there.

The U.S. Senate voted to eliminate the 2024 leasing program for the refuge that put much of the refuge’s 1.6-million-acre coastal plain off-limits to potential drilling.

The measure, introduced by Alaska U.S. Rep. Nick Begich, heads to President Donald Trump’s desk for a signature, after the House passed it last month.

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Conservation groups and the Gwich’in Steering Committee, representing villages near the refuge in Alaska and Canada, condemned the vote on Wednesday.

- https://www.adn.com/...-opportunities/

[Victoria Watcher]

The Kitasoo Xai’xais Nation on B.C.’s central coast is condemning what it calls an “egregious” misuse of its protected cultural symbol, after an Alberta-based oil advocate launched a campaign to rename the cancelled Northern Gateway pipeline the Spirit Bear Pipeline.  In a statement released Dec. 2, the Nation’s elected chief and council, alongside Hereditary Chiefs, denounced the unapproved use of the official mark “Spirit Bear” by Robbie Picard Media and the affiliated petition group.  “The Kitasoo Xai’xais Nation will not allow this symbol of their culture to be appropriated as the namesake for this project,” the statement read. “This mark is not only well established but consistently maintained and protected.”

 

Read more at: https://vicnews.com/...ultural-symbol/

[Victoria Watcher]

Trump says US seizes massive Venezuelan oil tanker as showdown with Maduro erupts into new phase

The move is likely to further strain relations with Nicolás Maduro’s government


https://www.foxnews....rupts-new-phase

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 10 December 2025 - 01:45 PM.

[LJ]

 

The Kitasoo Xai’xais Nation on B.C.’s central coast is condemning what it calls an “egregious” misuse of its protected cultural symbol, after an Alberta-based oil advocate launched a campaign to rename the cancelled Northern Gateway pipeline the Spirit Bear Pipeline.  In a statement released Dec. 2, the Nation’s elected chief and council, alongside Hereditary Chiefs, denounced the unapproved use of the official mark “Spirit Bear” by Robbie Picard Media and the affiliated petition group.  “The Kitasoo Xai’xais Nation will not allow this symbol of their culture to be appropriated as the namesake for this project,” the statement read. “This mark is not only well established but consistently maintained and protected.”

 

Read more at: https://vicnews.com/...ultural-symbol/

 

Call it the albino bear pipeline.

[Victoria Watcher]

Governor Of Oregon PANICS After Washington Refineries Start Closing!

 

 

 

Oregon’s fuel lifeline has just been put on a countdown. Washington State’s climate mandate requires net-zero emissions by 2050, effectively forcing the five refineries that provide 90% of Oregon’s gasoline to either overhaul their operations or shut down entirely. The shift is already underway—Phillips 66 closed its Los Angeles refinery in December 2024, and that same company owns the Ferndale refinery in Washington, a key supplier for Oregon.

 

A government report quietly spells out what industry insiders refuse to say publicly: “All five of Washington’s refineries are likely to change their product mix or function” by 2050. In plain terms, Oregon’s fuel system is on a 25-year schedule for systematic dismantling.In this investigation, we uncover how Washington’s climate policies will cripple Oregon’s fully dependent fuel network, why “converting” refineries to biofuels slashes output by 70–80%, and what happens to working families when their state has no refineries and no fallback options. You’ll see the shutdown pattern already repeating itself (California has already lost 20% of its refining capacity in just 18 months), understand why relying 100% on Asian imports could drive gas prices from $3.70 to $3.70 to $8–$10 per gallon, and explore how Oregon’s geographic isolation stands on a “ fuel island” as it's suppliers wind down.

 

The shutdowns are underway. The schedule is in place. And Oregon has no serious strategy for what happens when Washington’s refineries go offline. This is the story of what occurs when one state stakes its entire fuel future on a neighbor’s infrastructure—only to watch that neighbor pass a law that guarantees its eventual demise.The recent `shutdown` of a major California refinery by Phillips 66 has severely impacted fuel supplies, creating ripple effects across the region. This video examines how Washington's strict `environment` laws for `oil refining` facilities now jeopardize Oregon's gasoline and diesel supply. We explore the potential for rising `oregon gas prices` and the broader implications for `crude oil` processing under stringent emissions regulations.

 

 

https://youtu.be/9JU...fy94LtRJk_yBdTT

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Governor Of Oregon PANICS After Washington Refineries Start Closing!

 

 

 

Oregon’s fuel lifeline has just been put on a countdown. Washington State’s climate mandate requires net-zero emissions by 2050, effectively forcing the five refineries that provide 90% of Oregon’s gasoline to either overhaul their operations or shut down entirely. The shift is already underway—Phillips 66 closed its Los Angeles refinery in December 2024, and that same company owns the Ferndale refinery in Washington, a key supplier for Oregon.

 

 

https://youtu.be/9JU...fy94LtRJk_yBdTT

 

 

 

Maybe Washington and Oregon will decide to get its oil from the Burnaby refinery.  https://www.fractrac...p-feature-3.png

[Mike K.]

Don’t we get a lot of our refined product from Washington?

[Victoria Watcher]

Don’t we get a lot of our refined product from Washington?

 

 

The Ferndale Refinery produces predominantly transportation fuels consumed in local markets and also includes secondary processing facilities such as a fluid catalytic cracker, an alkylation unit, hydotreating units, and a naphtha reformer. The plant follows a 10-5-3-2 crack spread, meaning that for ten barrels of crude feedstock, the refinery produces five barrels of gasoline, three barrels of distillate, and two barrels of fuel oil.

 

https://en.wikipedia...rndale_Refinery

[Mike K.]

Alberta may just opt to send more oil to Asian markets via the US, and skip BC if the pipeline hysteria continues. Meanwhile, Alaska continues to expand its oil drilling and will be sending an even larger armada of ships along the BC coast whether we like it or not.

One possible route to the Pacific Ocean could be through the northwestern U.S. states of Montana, Idaho and either Washington or Oregon.

“Anytime you can get to the West Coast, it opens up markets to get to Asia,” said Smith.

Smith has said that there’s enough demand for Alberta oil in the booming Indo-Pacific region to sustain a new million-barrel-per-day pipeline.

Her comments come just weeks after Saskatchewan-based potash giant Nutrien announced plans to build a $1-billion export terminal at Washington State’s Port of Longview, spurning suitors in B.C.

The Nutrien announcement has been criticized by both B.C. Premier David Eby and federal Transport Minister Steve MacKinnon as a betrayal of the national interest.

Smith stressed, however, that moving heavy oil is different than moving fertilizer.

“Presumably, the potash is going to be transported by rail on existing infrastructure. Building brand new pipeline infrastructure is always complicated,” said Smith.

Smith said that her current focus was on advocating for pipelines to be built along “existing rights of way,” such as the shelved Northern Gateway project to northwestern B.C.

The Alberta premier signed a memorandum of understanding on energy issues with Prime Minister Mark Carney last month that opens the door to a new pipeline and a carve-out of the federal oil tanker ban off the B.C. coast.

Tim McMillan, a Calgary-based partner at Garrison Strategy, says that a hypothetical proponent wouldn’t be starting totally from scratch if they tried to build a pipeline to the Pacific via the U.S. northwest.

McMillan noted that a finished segment of the stalled Keystone XL pipeline already runs through Montana.

“We have a pipe in the ground already, to the border. Whether somebody’s interested in reviving the pre-existing U.S. route to the Gulf Coast or, potentially, taking it straight west out to the (Pacific) coast, that’s an open question,” said McMillan.

McMillan admitted that Washington State and Oregon have historically had tough environmental laws but added the U.S. Pacific Northwest may still be a better option than B.C.

“The U.S. seems to have a much easier time (than Canada) building infrastructure,” said McMillan.

- https://unpublished....ia-us-northwest

[splashflash]

Interesting that the Keystone Pipeline was quoted. Nebraska opponents stopped it. I don't know how Oregon or Washington would be easier. A coal port facility was rejected in Bellingham Bay about 20 years ago and the Wyoming coal is transported out of Tsawwassen. BNSF trains just continue north.

Maybe a pipeline north through the Northwest Territories and Yukon to Skagway would be easiest. That was where the Exxon Valdez spill occurred in 1989. It was worse than the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

[Mike K.]

Oil seeps into the ocean all over the place, naturally, through below-ocean seeps.

Over the span of a year just one of these seeps will seep 2.5 million gallons into the sea, just off the coast of LA. That’s equivalent to 61,000 barrels.

[Mike K.]

Exxon Valdez was 260,000 barrels. So every four years, there’s the equivalent of an Exxon Valdez cumulative spill just off the coast of LA, from just one seep, and these seeps are not rare.

Another deep zone is in the Gulf of America.

[Victoria Watcher]

Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada has too much regulation and not enough investments in clean energy and technology — and he's making his most direct repudiation yet of his predecessor's environmental policies.

"Because I care about the issue fundamentally, I care about what gets done," Carney said in a year-end interview with CBC News airing Sunday morning. "Not what is put in regulation, not what is said, not what is prohibited — and then nothing happens.

"We have too much regulation, not enough action," the prime minister told CBC News chief political correspondent Rosemary Barton.



https://www.cbc.ca/n...icies-9.7024255

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 21 December 2025 - 11:52 AM.

[Mike K.]

Barton has such disdain for Poilievre when she interviews him. Then when a Liberal leader is being interviewed, it looks more like Entertainment Tonight.

[Victoria Watcher]

She is the worst.

[Victoria Watcher]

The US is energy independent again!

 

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 03 January 2026 - 08:48 AM.

[Mike K.]

Venezuelans are celebrating right now, and that’s all that matters for the time being.

Those poor people, who have had to endure crushing poverty and the economic destruction of their once prosperous nation.

NPR says “hundreds turned out to celebrate and sing” in a
part of Miami.

Venezuelans are jubilant, and I think that’s what your average Canadian following left-wing or centrist news sources didn’t realize. They assumed the US intervention was unwanted.

“It’s a real celebration.” “The mood here is totally joyous,” NPR’s reporter says.

https://www.npr.org/...-the-u-s-attack

[Victoria Watcher]

Venezuelans are celebrating right now, and that’s all that matters for the time being.

Those poor people, who have had to endure crushing poverty and the economic destruction of their once prosperous nation.

NPR says “hundreds turned out to celebrate and sing” in a
part of Miami.

Venezuelans are jubilant, and I think that’s what your average Canadian following left-wing or centrist news sources didn’t realize. They assumed the US intervention was unwanted.

 

Venezuelans are celebrating right now, and that’s all that matters for the time being.

Those poor people, who have had to endure crushing poverty and the economic destruction of their once prosperous nation.

NPR says “hundreds turned out to celebrate and sing” in a
part of Miami.

Venezuelans are jubilant, and I think that’s what your average Canadian following left-wing or centrist news sources didn’t realize. They assumed the US intervention was unwanted.

“It’s a real celebration.” “The mood here is totally joyous,” NPR’s reporter says.

https://www.npr.org/...-the-u-s-attack

 

“It’s a real celebration.” “The mood here is totally joyous,” NPR’s reporter says.

https://www.npr.org/...-the-u-s-attack

 

Those are Venezuelans in the US though.  Hard to know what us happening in Venezuela, they are not allowed to have most social media.

[Mike K.]

I’m sure they would not be celebrating here/in the US if they believed the current events were worse for their families back in Venezuela.

Venezuela will be infinitely better off now, there is no question. And Maduro will receive his due process in American courts, in front of the global community.

This parallels the collapse of communism in Poland and the eastern Block countries. It’s hard for a Canadian, living in comfort and surrounded by fairness, opportunity, safety and wealth, to understand what socialism does to a nation.