A Smart Win for Canada, Alberta, and First Nations—the Kitsault Energy Project

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In the Financial Post’s recent article about Kitsault Energy, Krishnan Suthanthiran, President/Founder of Kitsault Energy (KE), outlines his vision for a dual-pipeline project that would support Canada’s economic growth—including the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and First Nations along the KE pipeline route. All would see significant benefits from investments in Kitsault’s project totaling tens of billions of dollars—gaining tax revenue, creating jobs, and supporting job training.

It has cost the federal government of Canada nearly $40 million to add an additional 500,000 to 600,000 barrels of crude oil to the existing Trans Mountain pipeline and ship about 900,000 barrels of crude oil daily from Vancouver Airport. This expansion and the old pipeline traverse the entire province of B.C. and total nearly 1,500 km in length. The KE project is a smart option: a 700-750 km pipeline costing $40 billion, including a dual pipeline, a dedicated port, a terminal, and a floating butanol manufacturing plant at Observatory Inlet. A new pipeline through KE could have been a more strategic choice than expanding the Trans Mountain Pipeline.

Currently, LNG Canada and Alaskan LNG have plans to expand production/shipping to more than 40 million tons of LNG/year, making it unclear whether new Canadian projects to produce and ship LNG would be viable from a private business perspective. For that reason, the KE project focuses on dual pipelines using the old Spectra permits to construct one for crude oil and another for natural gas, which would be used to produce butanol, a much less expensive proposition and urgently needed in countries like India.

As Canada and Alberta plan to expand energy exports to Asia to reduce dependence on the U.S., the KE project makes both financial and economic sense and is a good option for preserving Canada's important role as a major, reliable energy exporter. The KE project has the potential to generate billions in additional revenue for Canada, its provinces, and First Nations along the pipeline route, and to create thousands of high-paying jobs.

KE, in partnership with TeamBest Global companies and the Best Cure Foundation of Canada, plans to establish additional housing; proactive, preventive, primary, medical, dental, and eye care wellness centers; job training and jobs for First Nations communities along the pipeline route; and to improve purified drinking water and sewer systems.

KE has approached the previous leaders of the Canadian federal and provincial governments over the past 13 years, with no response. However, Suthanthiran will meet with Alberta's Energy Minister and staff in mid-February to emphasize the importance, viability, and need for quick project initiation and completion, with full support from provincial and Canadian governments, as Asian customers are eager to sign purchase contracts.

For more information about Kitsault Energy, please visit:

http://www.teambest.com/news/Kitsault_Energy_2026_brochure.pdf, http://www.teambest.com/press/Open_Letter_PM_Carney_KE_Strategic_Hub.pdf, or www.kitsaultenergy.com.

For more information about Krishnan Suthanthiran, please visit: http://www.teambest.com/press/Krishnan_Suthanthiran_2026_Bio.pdf.