Western Canadian production is discounted somewhat both by quality and transportation costs, but has spiked several times in the past decade as pipeline space runs tight. (canadianbusiness.com)
«There were barrels that people were trying to send down pipelines that just didn't get allocated pipeline space and they really had no place to put them and they didn't have storage. (canadianbusiness.com)
The higher difference is blamed on difficulty in getting heavy crude out of Western Canada because of a lack of pipeline space. (canadianbusiness.com)