Oilsands crude can now officially sent to Europe without a "dirty oil" label. A revised fuel-quality directive has passed in the European Union without any amendments. Tim McMillan is the president of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers. He says the news doesn't necessarily mean a lot of tankers of oilsands crude are going to be crossing the Atlantic anytime soon. (The original fuel quality directive singled out oilsands crude as more carbon intensive.)

Date: 2015-02-07
Placeline: CALGARY.
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 19 seconds

Transcript Prediction: << today if your piens use about 18 million barrels a day Canada's portion of that is is really quite small going into the future there there may be potential but there were fine compliment is largely cured at the lighter crudes so in the short-term probably not a large chunk >>

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