The surface chart (next page, top right) shows a classic polar outbreak pattern, with an
Alberta clipper sweeping northwest-to-southeast.
An example could be found in March in northern Minnesota at a "Sustainability Solutions Summit" and protest against an expansion of the
Alberta Clipper crude oil pipeline from Canada.
Meanwhile, the latest development is considered positive for the broader Canadian energy industry in transportation viewpoint as other projects like the Line 3 Replacement Program and
Alberta Clipper are likely to benefit from the change of tone in the US government.
In mid-January 2004 up to 27 cm (11 in) of snow fell across western New York state, accompanied by thunder and lightning, as an
Alberta clipper moved over the region.
Pipeline company Enbridge is on the verge of almost doubling the amount of oil that currently passes through its
Alberta Clipper line, from 450,000 barrels of oil a day to 880,000 barrels a day.
Cesco's
Alberta Clipper is loud and breaks easy with a little back pressure.
Two of these pipelines,
Alberta Clipper and Keystone, with a combined capacity of just under 0.9 Mbpd (26% of the total) began service last year.
"The mainline contractors completed the Canadian sections of the
Alberta Clipper project across Saskatchewan and Manitoba and the TransCanada North Central Corridor project in northern Alberta.