The Financial Post reports in its Tuesday edition that the Alberta government is examining possible routes for a proposed bitumen pipeline to the Pacific Coast, and Premier Danielle Smith says three options are on the table, including one that could move oil into the lower B.C. Mainland for export. Postmedia's Chris Varcoe writes that the Premier has pitched the idea of a greenfield pipeline being built from Alberta to the Port of Prince Rupert that would be capable of shipping up to one million barrels per day, as she aims to see provincial oil production double over time. As part of a memorandum of understanding signed between Alberta and the federal government, the province intends to submit a pipeline proposal to the federal Major Projects Office for consideration by July. Ms. Smith noted that Roberts Bank in Delta, south of Vancouver, is under consideration. B.C. Premier David Eby has opposed the idea of a pipeline that would transport oil to the pristine Northern B.C. coast, where a federal tanker ban is in place. Mr. Eby has backed optimizing the existing Trans Mountain line to transport more oil from Alberta to Burnaby, a proposal the federal Crown corporation that operates the project is already studying.