Petroleum News.  As completion of Tesoro’s rail terminal to receive Bakken crude at its Washington refinery draws near, there’s talk within the company of shipping the light, sweet oil to Tesoro’s Alaska refinery where the company pays substantially more for both similar oil from the Cook Inlet basin and lower grade oil from the North Slope. If Cook Inlet basin oil explorers are successful, contract negotiations for their new oil could be tricky if Tesoro, the region’s primary oil buyer, plays its Bakken card.

TransCanada Corp. expands in Westborough, Bizjournals.com.  TransCanada Corp. said Tuesday it has been chosen by Shell Canada Ltd. to build, own and operate a $4 billion natural gas pipeline across northern British Columbia. The Calgary Herald recently reported TransCanada has been at the center of a …

Pipeline to Maritimes idea gaining ground.  TheChronicleHerald.ca.  CBC has reported that the new Irving rail terminal will be capable of handling … looking at switching part of an existing natural gas pipeline to bitumen, …