Why do you think that? Because Obama said so?
The US is still importing ~7 million barrels a day of crude oil.
Do you envision a Tanker unloading crude from OPEC, the loading back up with Canadian oil to take away? Because you believe high transportation costs are good for oil companies?
Nope. GOP and GAO: Link
Do you envision a Tanker unloading crude from OPEC, the loading back up with Canadian oil to take away?
A lot of people do.
Because you believe high transportation costs are good for oil companies?
Because high domestic prices are good for the oil companies.
The Canadian barrels are meant to displace the higher cost barrels from Saudi Arabia and Venezuela, among other places.
Dumb question - what does that empty tanker take away when it leaves Houston?
Do empty tankers go back to the middle east, or do they carry refined products like gasoline. etc.