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Majority of Western Canada’s crude oil exports to US not exposed to record high discount between WCS and WTI

October 13, 2018 Markham Hislop

Refinery outages will take care of themselves over the next month or two as maintenance is completed and facilities come back online The discount for Western Canadian Select reached $65.17 Thursday, setting off alarm bells [Read more]

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Despite focus on electric vehicles, global oil demand growing in short term, supporting high refinery margins – IHS Markit

April 19, 2018 Markham Hislop

Strong demand growth for oil expected through 2020, as refiners enjoy extended “mini” golden age Short-term oil demand is still growing strong and will continue to do so through the end of 2020; a trend [Read more]

Canada

1/3 of US Gulf Coast heavy oil market could be supplied by Canada by 2020

April 10, 2018 Markham Hislop

As supplies from Mexico, Venezuela and other competitors wane, Canadian supply increasing share of refining runs in world’s largest heavy oil market Supplies of Canadian oil sands heavy crude are increasingly being refined on the [Read more]

USA

US crude oil exports rose following hurricane-related refinery disruptions

January 29, 2018 Markham Hislop

Previous years, Canada received most U.S. crude oil exports because exports to other markets were banned From late Aug. through Sept. 2017, Hurricane Harvey caused disruptions to the U.S. Gulf Coast refining sector, resulting in record-high U.S. [Read more]

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The Canadian energy conversation is stuck in the wrong century

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

Find Energi Media journalism in video, audio, and essays YouTube Channel: Video energy news Substack Essays: Thoughtful Energy Journalism Energi Talks Audio Podcast Real story of this energy crisis is not supply disruption, but demand [Read more]

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