Because the market is not there for the dirty oil that Alberta would be trying   
   to ship.   
      
   And here's the complete story of why oil companies and their potential   
   customers are re-thinking using the bitumen that Alberta is now scraping from   
   the recesses of its land:   
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   About 20 months ago, many of the Big Oil players began to cut their losses and   
   quietly stampede away from the Alberta oilsands. Many bought into shale oil   
   plays in the Dakotas and Texas.   
      
   https://www.nationalobserver.com/2018/03/07/opinion/fatal-flaw-a   
   bertas-oil-expansion   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)