Alberta pursuing ‘corridors’ to coasts for new access to crude markets: energy minister

The Alberta government is working on creating “economic corridors” to the Canadian and Alaskan coasts to further market access for its landlocked oil and natural gas resources and to circumvent regulatory hurdles blocking new pipelines, according to Pete Guthrie, the province’s energy minister. The corridors will have pre-approval for rail, utilities and crude oil and gas pipelines, Guthrie said in…