The Oil Industry Is About To Become Worthless

mentalfloss

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Lower supply makes things more expensive.

That's the free market for ya bruh
 

Nick Danger

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Supply is there bruh, every storage tank and idle pipeline is full, someone is manipulating the market again
It could be that in part, but overall demand is down with people out of work, businesses seeing less traffic and overall travel down. Add to that that Canada’s oil exports are largely controlled by American interests and it doesn’t look rosy.

In the years since the 2014 price crash Canadian producers have tried to make up for the lower price with increased output and efficiencies. The problem today is getting that oil to market.
 

Twin_Moose

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It could be that in part, but overall demand is down with people out of work, businesses seeing less traffic and overall travel down. Add to that that Canada’s oil exports are largely controlled by American interests and it doesn’t look rosy.

In the years since the 2014 price crash Canadian producers have tried to make up for the lower price with increased output and efficiencies. The problem today is getting that oil to market.
Why did Brent hit a 3 year high yesterday? You are aware we sell on the Brent right?
 
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Twin_Moose

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I stand corrected

Crude oil facts (nrcan.gc.ca)

Prices​

There are many different types of crude oil around the world, each with their own price:

  • West Texas Intermediate (WTI): Reference price for light crude oil delivered at Cushing, Oklahoma (a major pipeline hub) and used as the benchmark price for North American crudes.
  • Brent: Reference price for light crude oil delivered at the Sullom Voe terminal in the U.K. and used as a benchmark price for North Sea crudes, and for light crude traded around the world in coastal markets.
  • Canadian Light Sweet: Reference price for light crude oil (similar quality to WTI) delivered at Edmonton.
  • Western Canada Select (WCS): Reference price for heavy crude oil (e.g. blended bitumen) delivered at Hardisty, Alta. WCS is representative of the price of oil from the oil sands. It takes more energy to produce refined products (e.g. gasoline) from heavy crudes, therefore WCS trades at a discount to lighter crudes.
  • Maya: Reference price for heavy oil produced in Mexico (similar quality to WCS).
Explore crude oil pricing in Canada.

https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/sites/www.n...nt-versus-WTI-monthly-average-prices_2020.png
 
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bob the dog

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"The value of crude oil exports from Canada has increased over 15-fold in the last 30 years, according to a report from Statistics Canada and the Canada Energy Regulator.

The increase means exports of the resource accounted for more than 14 per cent of Canada's total exports in 2019.

In 1990, crude oil made up only 3.6 per cent of the country's total exported products.

The report says crude oil production has also grown considerably over the last three decades, led first by conventional oil and then by the oilsands in the last 15 years, with Alberta becoming the largest contributor to Canadian production in 2009."

Rivaled only by forestry products.