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Old 08-18-2012, 01:30 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by Frequitude View Post
Huh? How would a refinery monetize the WTI-Brent differential? They don't produce crude, they consume it. The pipeline exploits that arb, not the refinery. As soon as that barrel hits tidewater it's priced on a Brent basis. That would increase the refinery's crude costs by $20 relative to Albeta refineries.
Not if BC bans bitumen shipments.
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