RE:RE:TMX will be up and running sooner If the drag section of the bore is not sleeved, the epoxy corrosion coating may be scratched to bare metal requiring that section to be removed and repaired or replaced. Its a time consuming business because what goes in does not necessarily come out and, in rock, has to be replaced.
Once line fill begins, the spread should narrow. Most of the heavy oil will go to California while Washington will offtake more at Sumas to make up for declining North Slope production. There may not be any left for China as the left coast hippies do not practise what they preach.