Japan looks to oil sands to ease reliance on Middle East

Japanese companies are contemplating investment in Alberta’s oil sands, or buying crude from existing projects, the country’s Calgary consulate says.

A delegation of government officials and energy and trading firms will tour Alberta next week. They will spend a day in Edmonton and three days in Calgary, where they will meet with Canadian energy and pipeline firms, but will not visit Fort McMurray in the north, in the heart of the oil sands industry.

The Globe and Mail