The combined effect of this uncertainty overhang — from global trade tensions to domestic debt growth to tax law changes to interprovincial disputes over east - west pipeline access — has weighed on Canadian investment activity. (blackrockblog.com)
By comparison, the average discount paid for Western Canadian Select oilsands blend crude from Alberta in the fourth quarter was US$ 12.26 per barrel and it has since spiked at times to around US$ 30 per barrel, a trend also blamed on constrained pipeline access. (canadianbusiness.com)
Analysts at Calgary - based AltaCorp Capital Inc. said in a report published Monday that poor pipeline access has hurt Canadian energy companies to the extent that their stock prices have underperformed U.S. companies since the downturn of 2008 - 09. (canadianbusiness.com)