{"id":27091,"date":"2026-05-01T01:24:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T01:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/27091\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T01:24:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T01:24:07","slug":"albertas-smith-lauds-new-major-canada-u-s-oil-pipeline-permit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/27091\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta’s Smith lauds new major Canada-U.S. oil pipeline permit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says a key approval for a cross-border oil pipeline project to deliver more of the province\u2019s crude to the United States is coming after years of advocacy from her government.<\/p>\n

U.S. President Donald Trump has signed a presidential permit authorizing the Bridger Pipeline expansion, considered a partial revival of the Keystone XL pipeline project.<\/p>\n

The Keystone XL pipeline proposal was repeatedly killed and resurrected, and at one point cost Alberta taxpayers $1.3 billion.<\/p>\n

Smith says the new joint venture between Calgary-based South Bow and U.S.-based Bridger, utilizing existing assets, would deliver more than half a million barrels per day of Alberta oil to facilities and refineries throughout the U.S.<\/p>\n

\"\"pipeline route The route of the newly authorized Bridger’s pipeline is shown in comparison to the route of the cancelled Keystone XL. <\/p>\n

The Bridger Pipeline expansion would carry oil from the border down through eastern Montana and Wyoming, where it would link with another pipeline.<\/p>\n

The project requires additional state and federal environmental approvals before construction, which company officials expect to start next year. <\/p>\n

Smith, in a social media post Thursday, also pointed to the signing of a Canada-Alberta energy agreement last year and Ottawa\u2019s decision to abandon its oil and gas production cap.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis means Alberta producers will be able to produce more of the oil that the world needs. It\u2019s incredible to see that work already paying off with announcements like this,\u201d said Smith.<\/p>\n

BREAKING: A Presidential permit has been approved for a new bitumen pipeline that will initially deliver more than half a million barrels per day of Alberta oil to facilities and refineries throughout the United States. This project is a joint venture between two great Canadian\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/MPvvxzjiPx<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Danielle Smith (@ABDanielleSmith) April 30, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThe U.S. is our most important trading partner and we will continue to deliver energy to help secure North American energy dominance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Environmentalists hope to stop the project over worries the pipeline could break and spill.<\/p>\n

At peak volume, the 1,050-kilometre pipeline would move two-thirds as much oil as Keystone XL, which was partially built before former U.S. president Joe Biden canceled its permit the day he took office in 2021. Biden cited climate-change concerns for the move.<\/p>\n

\u201cSlightly different from the last administration. They wouldn\u2019t sign a pipeline deal. And we have pipelines going up,\u201d Trump said after signing the Bridger Pipeline expansion cross-border approval.<\/p>\n

\u2018We have pipelines going up\u2019: Donald Trump authorizes new Canada-U.S. oil pipeline U.S. President Donald Trump has authorized a new pipeline which would move Canadian oil to the U.S., reviving portions of the cancelled Keystone XL. <\/p>\n

In 2020, during his first term as president, Trump approved the Keystone XL project over concerns from Native American tribes about possible spills and from environmental groups about the contribution of fossil fuels to climate change.<\/p>\n

Biden\u2019s permit cancellation the following year frustrated Canadian officials, including the prime minister at the time, Justin Trudeau.<\/p>\n

Sometimes called \u201cKeystone Light,\u201d the Bridger Pipeline expansion wouldn\u2019t cross any Native American reservations.<\/p>\n

More than 70 per cent would be built within existing pipeline corridors and 80 per cent on private land, Bridger Pipeline LLC said in a statement.<\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 30, 2026.<\/p>\n

— With files from The Association Press<\/p>\n

Lisa Johnson, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n