Alberta can export to Asia via the Prince Rupert port system
Alberta’s energy hub sees silver lining
US tariffs bolster Alberta’s Industrial Heartland exports to Asia
Alberta’s Industrial Heartland, Canada’s largest hydrocarbon processing centre, has already been negatively impacted by the anti-trade policies of the second Trump administration, with Michigan-based Dow suspending construction of its $6.5b Path2Zero decarbonisation and expansion project at its petrochemical plant in the region in April. “We have a wide range of companies that operate here and there is a wide range of hydrocarbon-based products being produced,” Mark Plamondon, executive director of the Alberta’s Industrial Heartland Association (AIHA), told Petroleum Economist. “The majority of heartland products move out of the region, and the majority of those move to the US.” “So, tariffs
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