enezuela has offered India a 30 - percent
discount on crude oil purchases, but only if India agrees to pay in El Petro, the cryptocurrency that Venezuela is touting as the first national digital currency backed by crude oil reserves.
As a result, the Venezuelan government is looking to offer India a 30 percent
discount on its crude oil if it pays in Petro.
As the oil sector becomes increasingly focused on margins, Parex benefits from the low costs in that country, without the market access problems that impose
a discount on crude prices in Western Canada.
Not exact matches
With the ability to refine and upgrade
crude in Canada and 75,000 barrels per day of committed capacity
on the existing Keystone pipeline, Husky says it can grow its heavy oil production without exposure to the WCS - WTI
discounts until at least 2021.
The incident might result in restrictions
on using rail to transport oil, which could increase the price
discount for Canadian
crude.
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.
U.S.
crude futures dipped below $ 28.50, while the international benchmark Brent fell as far as $ 27.79 a barrel after reports that Iran had offered sharp
discounts to customers in Europe and Asia to find buyers for millions of barrels of oil in storage that it is now free to sell, after the lifting of most international sanctions
on it at the weekend.
Brennock said U.S. imposed sanctions
on the oil - dependent state's
crude industry would force Caracas to offer steep
discounts in a desperate search for new buyers and also leave the country reeling with the prospect of supply restrictions of vital diluents.
Notley and Bilous have said the Trans Mountain expansion is critical because Alberta's
crude oil sells at a sharp
discount on the North American market due to pipeline bottlenecks and to a lack of access to a better price
on overseas markets.
Monthly demand fluctuates based
on the
discount for western Canadian
crude versus the U.S. benchmark.
This, after a year of flatter growth and considerable volatility in the commodity markets, marked by continued
discounts on Canadian
crude and low gas prices.
Suncor said that while the
discount Canadian producers face nearly doubled in the first quarter compared with last year's quarter, it had no impact
on the company's earnings or cash flow, as low
crude prices were offset by better midstream and downstream returns.
Today, a post has been making the rounds which claims that the Keystone XL pipeline would raise gas prices in the US Midwest by, «20 to 40 cents per gallon, based
on the $ 20 to $ 30 per barrel
discount on Canadian
crude oil that Keystone XL developers seek to erase.»
However, world oil stockpiles are finally dissipating, with the
discount narrowing
on immediate supplies of Brent
crude, a clear indication that surplus is fading.
In 2009, that relationship began to reverse, and through 2011 and 2012, light oil at Edmonton traded at massive
discounts to similar
crude streams
on global markets — an average of $ 22.83 / bbl in fiscal year 2012 - 2013, as shown in the blue wedge at the top of the graphic below.
Husky Energy Inc.
on Thursday became the second big oilsands producer to say that it throttled back first - quarter production in response to steeper
discounts for Canadian
crude.
That would place further constraints
on oil producers that have already faced steep
discounts on their heavy
crude as Canada's pipeline system nears capacity, forcing more barrels to move by rail.
The pipeline will provide access to cheaper oil and likely help reduce the
discount level
on oil from Northern geographies, that Bakken and Canadian heavy
crude trade at.
It argues that the Gulf Coast refiners invested heavily in processing capacity in order to benefit from price
discounts on lower - cost heavier - grade
crudes.
discounting the final consumption phase of the life - cycle assessment (which can contribute up to 70 % -80 % of Well - to - Wheel emissions), Well - to - Tank (i.e., «production») GHG emissions are,
on average, 72 % -111 % higher for Canadian oil sands
crude than for the weighted average of transportation fuels sold or distributed in the United States;
By the way, just because PADDII refiners have had access to deeply
discounted crude because of recent logistics constraints (
on crude), this doesn't mean product prices would be cheaper.
Today, a post has been making the rounds which claims that the Keystone XL pipeline would raise gas prices in the US Midwest by, «20 to 40 cents per gallon, based
on the $ 20 to $ 30 per barrel
discount on Canadian
crude oil that Keystone XL developers seek to erase.»