Oil producers favour pipelines compared with using trains, because shipping by rail is more expensive. Crude by rail is considered more dangerous than oil pipelines especially considering the fatal explosion in Lac-Megantic. Oilsands growthProponents and opponents of pipelines have suggested the more oil export pipes are built, the more oil production will grow. Just because the Trans Mountain Expansion (TMX) is built, oil production will not increase by the same quantity to fill the pipe. Oil pricesBurt published a report about one year ago looking into the economic impacts of the Trans Mountain Expansion project.

Source: CBC News November 21, 2016 10:00 UTC