Trudeau’s Long-Delayed Oil Pipeline Seeks First Crude Deliveries

Construction on the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.

Photographer: Paige Taylor White/Bloomberg
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Canada’s biggest new oil pipeline in more than a decade will begin filling with crude within weeks, according to MEG Energy Corp.

The government-owned Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline that connects the oil fields of Alberta to the Pacific Coast is seeking 2.1 million barrels for April and an equal amount a month later, MEG Chief Executive Officer Derek Evans said during a conference call on Friday.