"Canada's oil sands are a great example of responsible development of a natural resource", a senior U. S. energy department official says.
Jeffrey Kupfer, acting deputy secretary of the U. S. Department of Energy, said he felt "invigorated" after visiting the Syncrude Canada Ltd. oil sands project near Fort McMurray, Alta., on Tuesday.
"It's a great example of developing an important natural resource, for Canada, the U. S. and the whole world, and doing it in an environmentally responsible way," he said in an interview.
Mr. Kupfer was in Calgary to address the C. D. Howe Institute. While in Alberta, he visited the oil sands with Mel Knight, Alberta's Energy Minister.
