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Canada's ambitions to become a world exporter of oil are taking shape near the Bay of Fundy

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A worker looks at a loaded ship waiting for the tide to change at Irving Oil's East Saint John Marine Terminal near Saint John, N.B.CHRISTINNE MUSCHI/The Globe and Mail

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A loaded ship waiting for the tide to change at Irving Oil's East Saint John Marine Terminal near Saint John, N.B.CHRISTINNE MUSCHI/The Globe and Mail

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Mark Sherman, general manager of the Irving Oil refinery, poses outside the plant in Saint John, N.B.CHRISTINNE MUSCHI/The Globe and Mail

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A rail car sits in the Irving refinery plant in Saint John, N.B.CHRISTINNE MUSCHI/The Globe and Mail

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The rail line running through the Irving refinery plant in Saint John, N.B.CHRISTINNE MUSCHI/The Globe and Mail

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A console technician at the Irving refinery plant in Saint John, N.B.CHRISTINNE MUSCHI/The Globe and Mail

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An aerial view of Irving Oil's refinery near Saint John, N.B.CHRISTINNE MUSCHI/The Globe and Mail

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