‘Enormous potential’: Japan looks to new Canadian oil pipeline as Middle East supply crunch drags on

‘Enormous potential’: Japan looks to new Canadian oil pipeline as Middle East supply crunch drags on

As the ongoing war in the Middle East continues to devastate energy supply chains in Asia, Japan’s top diplomat to Canada says his country sees enormous potential in Canadian oil as Prime Minister Mark Carney seeks to turn his energy superpower ambitions into reality.

Japan's Search for Oil Diversification Could Help Fund Canada's Next Big Pipeline

Japan’s ambassador to Canada is signaling real interest in Canadian crude, tied directly to Ottawa’s newest pipeline proposal. Ambassador Kanji Yamanouchi told CTV‘s Vassy Kapelos that Canada has “enormous potential” as a diversified oil supplier, speaking days after Carney referred Alberta’s newly proposed west coast pipeline to the federal Major Projects Office.  “Before these pipelines, there was not so much possibility that Japan imports Can…