And with little regard for the environment, unlike American oil companies. The current will carry their spills toward the rest of Alaska and the Pacific Northwest (US and Canada).
Then the Communist Ecowhackos here will blame it on our oil industry.
This is a fake issue Joe. Those islands have never been part of the US.
On to real stuff, WTI is going to start getting a little more competitive with this:
http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/04/16/537913/
Enbridge Inc. and Enterprise Products Partners LP plan to start crude oil shipments on the Seaway pipeline from Cushing, Oklahoma, to the U.S. Gulf Coast on about May 17, according to a filing with regulators.
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The shipping duration will be reduced to about five days after the lines capacity is boosted to about 400,000 barrels early next year...
Uncommitted rates will be $3.82 a barrel for light crude and $4.32 for heavy crude...
Five-year committed agreements to ship light oil in volumes less than 100,000 barrels a day will cost between $2.75 and $3 a barrel. Ten-year agreements for the same grade of oil and the same volume will cost between $2.50 and $2.75...