Alberta Looks to Japan to Cut Reliance on U.S. Buyers

The government of Canada’s biggest oil-producing province is in talks with Japanese parties with a view to investing in the latter’s refining industry. The move, according to unnamed sources who spoke to Reuters, should secure a table overseas market for Alberta’s crude. Per the report, this would be the first Alberta government investment in foreign energy infrastructure, potentially marking a new stage in the province’s energy policies and a departure from the historical almost complete reliance on the United States as…