Maybe yall need to take some of that oil you got and buy your selves a place at the table.
Hey, we would love to! Except Obama blocked the Keystone pipeline on behalf of his buddy, Warren Buffet the railroad king who would lose billions if the pipeline was built, instead of using his railroad to ship bitumen. And yes, a Democrat thing! Rumour has it Trump might consider letting it be built, which would be in his favour.
Then there is a pipeline east to the Irving refineries in Atlantic Canada. The mayor of Montreal, the one who dumps millions of tons of raw sewage into the Saint Lawrence Seaway, is trying to block that pipeline because of "environment concerns. Ya, right! Then there is the pipeline to the Pacific, currently being blocked by the natives. They still have unsettled land claims, and want to preserve their native hunting lands. Except the native land claims in BC amount to 110% if the province, and some of the bands would gladly let these projects go through, as long as they are paid enough to. And some of those "hunting grounds" are in places like downtown Vancouver!
So effectively, Alberta oil is landlocked in northern isolated area, down a long, 2 lane dangerous highway, with no way to get it to market! Even Trudeau approved an LNG plant in northern BC, because the money is not flowing in, and he needs to make some concession to business! Oh, and Alberta stupidly elected a socialist government NDP and even their premier, with a huge carbon tax, is realizing her government only has 3 years left to get oil and the economy going, before the socialists are turfed forever. Of course, they will be turfed anyway, their election was a protest vote against a party that had been in power for 42 years (my first election I ever voted in!)