Oil lobbyist new Alberta envoy to US

Members of Canada's Armed Forces hold the flag during the singing of the National Anthem before the start of the CFL's 99th Grey Cup football game between the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the BC Lions in Vancouver, British Columbia November 27, 2011. REUTERS/Todd Korol (CANADA - Tags: SPORT FOOTBALL)

Members of Canada's Armed Forces hold the flag during the singing of the National Anthem before the start of the CFL's 99th Grey Cup football game between the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the BC Lions in Vancouver, British Columbia November 27, 2011. REUTERS/Todd Korol (CANADA - Tags: SPORT FOOTBALL)

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 01 February 2013 23:46 GMT

Alberta on Friday appointed energy executive David Manning, a former head of Canada's most powerful oil lobby group, as its envoy to Washington as it looks for a favorable decision from the Obama administration on the long-delayed Keystone XL pipeline project, a report said.

Manning is a senior vice-president and head of the energy practice at Vanasse Hangen Brustline Inc, a Boston engineering firm, and a director at consulting firm M.J. Bradley & Associates, Reuters reported.

A former deputy energy minister in Alberta, Manning also spent 10 years as an executive vice-president at National Grid Plc's KeySpan unit. He was also head of the influential Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers from 1995 through 1999, representing Canada's largest oil and gas producers during the negotiations for the Kyoto Protocol.

Manning's appointment by Alberta Premier Alison Redford comes as Alberta looks for approval from the U.S.…

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