Province of Alberta scales back crude-by-rail plan, will lease 4,400 cars

By Dustin Cook, Edmonton Journal; February 19, 2019

The Alberta government will lease 4,400 rail cars to move oil out of the province, resulting in capacity of 120,000 barrels per day by mid-2020, Premier Rachel Notley said Tuesday.

Instead of purchasing rail cars, the government as part of its crude-by-rail strategy will buy rail service from Canadian Pacific Railway and Canadian National Railway to ship crude oil to international markets, including the U.S. Gulf Coast.

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