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Canada’s Long-Delayed Trans Mountain Oil Pipeline Set to Start Operations

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(Reuters) – After 12 years and C$34 billion ($24.7 billion), Canada’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project (TMX) is set to start shipping oil on Wednesday, a major milestone expected to transform access to global markets for the country’s producers. Pipeline constraints have forced Canadian oil producers to sell oil at a discount for many years, but TMX …

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Canada’s Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Could be Trouble for OPEC Member Iraq

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Pipeline will almost triple shipments, bringing oilsands into direct competition with Iraq crude Bloomberg News Canada’s newest oil pipeline may spell trouble for a Middle Eastern country almost 7,000 miles away: Iraq. The Trans Mountain pipeline’s expansion, which will almost triple Alberta oilsands producers’ ability to ship their heavy crude to the Pacific Coast, will most directly affect …

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Canadian Oil Flows to L.A. as Trans Mountain Pipeline Start Nears

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Canadian crude shipments to Los Angeles are surging, a possible preview of how an expanded pipeline that’s nearing startup may redraw flows along the Pacific Coast. Three tankers carrying a total of 1.74 million barrels have sailed from Vancouver to the biggest U.S. West Coast city in March, the most in at least four years, according …

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Heavy Oil Differential Narrows Slightly

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 The differential of Western Canada Select (WCS) heavy crude versus the North American benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) narrowed slightly on Tuesday. * WCS for April delivery in Hardisty, Alberta began and ended the trading session at $15.10 per barrel under WTI, according to brokerage CalRock. On Monday, WCS had traded between $15.15 and $15.30 …

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Canada’s Suncor Looks to Cut High Oil Sands Mine Operating Costs

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Suncor Energy, Canada’s second-largest oil producer, will focus this year on cutting operating costs in its oil sands mining business, CEO Rich Kruger said on Thursday, as the company continues efforts to fix long-running underperformance. Calgary-based Suncor is trying to improve safety and efficiency after a string of fatalities at oil sands sites in recent …

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