Interesting claim. Also interesting to note that much Canadian oil comes into the USA from the Alberta tar sands. From the following:

Production averaged 3.53 million barrels per day between January and June (2021 dhg) — 5.7 per cent higher than during the same period in 2020 and 1.8 per cent above the same period in 2019, said a release from ATB Economics on Wednesday.

The vast majority of that production — 86 per cent — is accounted for by oilsands extraction.

The U.S. imported its bulk from Canada—more than 1.3 billion barrels, or 61% of America’s 2.2 billion imports.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-oil-oilsands-production-1.6137423

There are other pipelines, not as good for what is close to road tar, but it still reaches us. The idea of burning it to get it thin enough to push through a pipeline does not appeal. Obviously what is needed is a nuclear power plant to heat it instead. That would also make for interesting refining practices.

David for a glowing future

The United States would convert a low quality resource into a high quality set of products and sell them to those wanting those products.

Good. You now understand the purpose of refineries. That’s what they do.

Not all would be exported but some usually is. People in other countries would buy American products with American money.

Awful, just awful.

Say what??

Actually, the pipeline (Keystone?) would have provided petroleum very quickly. It was pretty much complete other than a short disputed stretch. Having a reliable source from Canada would make it less affected by wars elsewhere. Very heavy crude, but with cracking and refining, it would have helped.

Opposition to production from hydraulically fractured shales didn’t stop that production, but lower prices from other sources made it less profitable to go after. Higher prices should spur the production. Nobody uses sources for raw product which cost more than others can provide finished product for. They would go broke.

The idea that you should sell what you have for less than you will have to pay to replace it is also bad business, a path to failure.

David for better batteries and enhanced nuclear power production