The Trans Mountain pipeline between Alberta and B.C. supplies a large percentage of the West Coast’s energy needs | BIV files When GasBuddy petroleum analyst Dan McTeague made predictions recently about Lower Mainlanders paying $2 per litre for gasoline, he wasn’t talking about a worst-case scenario. A worst-case scenario, should Alberta Premier Rachel Notley make good on threats to throttle back oil from Alberta to B.C., looks a bit more like paralysis. B.C., after all, is dependent on Alberta for its crude oil, gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, most of which comes in via the Trans Mountain pipeline. The Parkland Fuel Corp. (TSX:PKI) refinery in Burnaby processes 55,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) to produce gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. It gets a little over half of that from the Trans Mountain pipeline, with the rest brought in by rail. The refinery supplies 20% to 25% of B.C.’s […]