Canada oil sands favor Midwest

A swelling tide of petroleum is set to pour out of Canada in coming years, freed from primordial sands for a journey to refineries in Illinois and northwest Indiana.

Illinois is the main refining center and port of entry for oil from Canada, the largest supplier of petroleum to the United States.

Now companies are proposing three new pipelines linking the Chicago area or Wood River, near St. Louis, both major refining and transshipment points, with Alberta oil sands fields more than 1,400 miles away. The estimated cost is nearly $3 billion.

Chicago Tribune