Pathways Alliance gives update on northern Alberta carbon capture network [Video]

The Pathways Alliance group of oilsands companies has issued a request for proposals to pipe manufacturers for the massive carbon capture and storage network it wants to build in northern Alberta.

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The CEO of Imperial Oil Ltd., one of the six oilsands majors behind the proposed $16.5-billion project, provided the update on his company’s third-quarter earnings call Friday.

He said the RFP was issued in the third quarter.

“We have gone out to potential pipe suppliers and asked them to give us proposals on costs and timing because we do see this as a critical path going forward,” Corson said.

The news is the first significant public update the Pathways Alliance has provided in months.

The group previously spent millions of dollars on a countrywide public relations blitz aimed at demonstrating that the oilsands industry is …