Little tar sands oil comes to Europe at the moment. However, this might change if some of the pipeline projects through Canada or the US get approved, the biggest being Keystone XL - a pipeline that would bring tar sands crude from the land-locked Alberta to the Gulf of Mexico. From there this dirty crude could be shipped all around the world, including Europe. Over the next two decades, the tar sands industry is considering plans to triple its production from 1.5 million barrels/day today to 4.5m, according to Canadian energy economist, Mark Jaccard.
