A little more than one year after completing construction of the Trans Mountain expansion oil pipeline, the Crown corporation is pursuing two different methods to increase how much oil can be exported.

The move comes at a time when the pipeline still isn't operating at full capacity.

The $34-billion expansion project began transporting oil from Edmonton to the Vancouver area in May 2024. Currently, the pipeline is operating at about 80-85 per cent of its capacity, Trans Mountain officials say.

The plan was to only begin looking at possible increases to the pipeline in about 2028, but the timeline was sped up as oil production in Alberta continues to climb.

The physical size of the pipeline won't change, but the Crown corporation is exploring the use of drag reducing agents to increase

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