Alberta Premier Rachel Notley this week breathed new life into an old NDP pledge to try to build more refineries in the province. More refineries would mean more jobs, more options for Alberta bitumen and more wealth for the province — or so the government's argument goes. (CBC)The chairman of North West Refining, co-owner of the $9.7-billion Sturgeon refinery near Edmonton, believes more domestic refining is exactly what's needed. Can you bring us up to speed with the work at Sturgeon refinery? But if I'm putting something in that pipeline I can either put bitumen in or [Western Canadian Select] that's worth $40 a barrel, or in the same pipeline I can put diesel in that's worth $120 a barrel.

Source: CBC News December 13, 2018 09:00 UTC