From the online edition of Oilweek Magazine . . .
People say that oil and water don’t mix, but when it comes to Canadian-American political relations, the life-sustaining substances are intertwined. Two cross-border disputes involving American government officials versus Canadian hydrocarbon projects provide lessons that are certain to be repeated as Canadian production and expansion plans increasingly spill into American jurisdictions.
Recently, the two disputes have flared as hot as flambé dishes. The first—and one which threatens to light the entire kitchen on fire—is between BP and Montana Senators Max Baucus and Jon Tester and concerns BP’s coalbed methane drilling plans in the Flathead Valley.
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