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- A barrel of the North American oil benchmark is changing hands for about $90 US a barrel right now, but the heavy crude that comes from Canada's oilsands is fetching $30 less because of a perfect storm of imbalances between supply and demand. The oil blend known as West Texas Intermediate (WTI) was going for about $87 a barrel on Thursday.
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Jun 8, 2022 · Why high oil prices aren't creating an economic boom in Canada. Typically that discount is about $10-$15 US a barrel, but recent events have pushed the gap to beyond $20. That's the...
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USD/CAD and the oil price have a positive correlation. (The y-axis to USD/CAD is reversed.) When oil prices rise, the Canadian dollar . CAD peaked out and reversed before oil prices did in 2008 and 2014. Canada is one of the world's largest exporters of commodities, including crude oil.
Oil Price Charts. Oilprice.com, in cooperation with its partners, offers over 150 crude oil blends and indexes from all around the world, providing users with oil price charts, comparison...
Western Canadian Select (WCS) is the most important oil price index in Western Canada. The price received by Canadian oil producers is often based on WCS. Limited transportation infrastructure causes a large discount in WCS in relation to West Texas Intermediate (WTI).
Jun 4, 2024 · Oil prices continued their slide on Tuesday on skepticism about an OPEC+ decision to boost supply later this year into a global market where demand has already shown signs of weakness.
Oct 14, 2022 · (Richard Carson/Reuters) A barrel of the North American oil benchmark is changing hands for about $90 US a barrel right now, but the heavy crude that comes from Canada's oilsands is fetching...
Mar 1, 2021 · Prices are based on daily closing prices posted on NYMEX in US dollars per barrel. Prices are converted to Canadian dollars per cubic metre using the Bank of Canada’s daily noon exchange rate and applying a volumetric ratio (6.29:1) to convert the price per barrel to a price per cubic metre.