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Japan sees enormous potential in Canadian oil
Japan's ambassador to Canada confirms his country sees significant opportunity to diversify oil imports away from the Middle East by sourcing Canadian crude via new west coast pipeline infrastructure. The Strait of Hormuz disruptions and Middle East conflict have made Japanese energy security dependent on supply diversification, and Canada's proposed pipeline to the Pacific now makes large-scale crude exports to Asia commercially viable.
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The Wire takeaway
Japan just committed to buying Canadian oil if the west coast pipeline gets built—and the pipeline is now fast-tracked through the Major Projects Office. If you're in heavy oil refining tech, downstream infrastructure, or any supply chain serving Japan's energy sector, a customer with geopolitical urgency and capital to spend on import diversification just opened its door.
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Topics: Clean Energy · oil-supply-chains · energy-security · geopolitical-risk · infrastructure-capex · japan-canada