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Canadian heavy crude slips with pipeline rationing set to rise

... the cuts were announced, with WCS’s discount to futures shrinking......
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Varcoe: Cenovus CEO defends curtailment, says falling oil-rail shipments a temporary problem

... one point last fall, the WCS price differential to benchmark... or was exposed to the WCS differential, clearly they are......
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Varcoe: Alberta should stay on track with plan to acquire rail cars

... barrel for Western Canadian Select WCS heavy crude last November... Monday, the price discount for WCS heavy oil sat at......
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Varcoe: As crude-by-rail shipments tumble, Suncor CEO calls for ‘soft exit’ to oil curtailment

... discount for Western Canadian Select WCS heavy oil caused by... Alberta. The price differential between WCS and benchmark West Texas......
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Imperial blasts Alberta’s ‘drastic, dramatic’ oil curtailment that has made crude-by-rail uneconomic

... data shows the discount between WCS and West Texas Intermediate... in a bid to lift WCS prices, and therefore provincial......
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Alberta eases crude cuts as prices surge and producers suffer

... may serve to modestly widen WCS Maya spreads, but we see......
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‘Not out of the woods yet’: Alberta eases oil production limits as crude backlog begins to clear

... Capital data, the differential between WCS and WTI was just......
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Saudi and Canadian cuts are leaving world hungry for heavy crude

... of Mexico’s Maya to Canada’s WCS has fallen to about......
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Varcoe: Forecasters see oil at $50 for much of 2019, but there s good news

... also expects Western Canadian Select WCS heavy crude to average......
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Shrinking Canadian oil discount may widen again as glut persists

... market.   Ben Nelms / Bloomberg News WCS may retreat to $38......
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Western Canada oil prices remain strong as Alberta cutbacks kick in

... delivery signed last month. The WCS WTI discount peaked at more... a barrel we had WCS in the low teens, he said. And WCS two Fridays later, after......
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Western Canada oil prices remain strong as Alberta production cutbacks kick in

... Nelms / Bloomberg News The WCS WTI discount peaked at more......
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Western oil price rally unlikely to last after curtailments begin, expert panel says

... the difference in quality between WCS and WTI. “I expect......
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Alberta’s output-cut mandate may be driving oil prices too high

... price. The price difference between WCS and WTI was as......
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Varcoe: Oil cut could erase a chunk of Alberta s growth in 2019, Conference Board warns

... discount on Western Canadian Select WCS heavy oil has shrunk......
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Triumphant loonie bears face hurdles to additional gains

... Alberta. “$40 a barrel on WCS and they’re no longer......
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Oil is only the darkest of the clouds obscuring Bank of Canada’s rate path

... worsened . The price of WCS currently is around $30, ......
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Oilsands producer CNRL cuts $1 billion from budget due to low oil price

... North America.  Western Canadian Select   WCS is the reference price... oilsands. The discount between Alberta’s WCS and the benchmark WTI......
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Bank of Canada set to hold amid oil crisis — decision-day guide

... October monetary policy report that WCS would average $35 a... at $70. As of Tuesday, WCS was trading at about......
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Saskatchewan, Alberta premiers call for oil ‘crisis’ to be added to national meeting

... North America. Western Canadian Select WCS is the reference price... oilsands. The discount between Alberta’s WCS and the benchmark WTI......