B.C. newspaper tycoon proposing $13-billion oil refinery for Northern Gateway oil

Syndicated from Oil Sands Truth on Fri, 2012-08-17

<p>B.C. newspaper tycoon proposing $13-billion oil refinery for Northern Gateway oil </p>
<p>By GORDON HOEKSTRA,<br />
VANCOUVER SUN<br />
August 17, 2012 </p>
<p>VANCOUVER - B.C. community newspaper tycoon David Black proposed today building a $13-billion oil refinery near Kitimat to use all of the crude from Enbridge's controversial Northern Gateway pipeline.</p>
<p>It would mean tankers would ship refined fuels like gasoline off of B.C. northwest coast, not heavy oil from Alberta, reducing environmental risks, says Black.</p>
<p>A refinery also promises 10 times as many jobs as an export pipeline.</p>
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