As indicated below Canada is already locked into having to provide 80% of production to the USA this from a deal between Mulrooney and Reagan,God help us if we need more than the 20%

Want further proof of political involvement? Nowadays when any major oil deal is cut, diplomatic corps of these countries are directly involved in the process of negotiation. Indeed countries like the US, Western Europe and China purchase oil with strong political and diplomatic pressures, and the resulting deals more and more often guarantee exclusive rights of purchase to the buyer, leaving anyone else empty-handed