RE:RE:March Production just a reminder design was previously stated at 375k bbls per day and allowing for SCHEDULED maintanence, syncrude was supposed to run at 350k bbls.per day. unfortunately not much chance of COS making this up at least in Q2...see below. ..
CALGARY, Alberta, April 1 (Reuters) - Light synthetic crude from the oil sands reached a nine-month high on Tuesday as traders looked ahead to planned maintenance at the 286,000 barrel per day Syncrude project in northern Alberta.
Synthetic crude for May delivery traded as high as $4.25 per barrel above the West Texas Intermediate benchmark, the most since early July, before easing to last trade at $3.95 per barrel above WTI.
On Monday synthetic crude for May delivery settled at $3.25 per barrel above the benchmark, according to Shorcan Energy brokers.
Two traders in Calgary said synthetic prices were rising in anticipation of maintenance at the Syncrude oil sands project that is due to start during the second quarter.
Canadian Oil Sands, which owns the largest share in Syncrude, said earlier this year it would start maintenance on a major bitumen upgrader known as Coker 8-2 during the second quarter.
A spokesman for Canadian Oil Sands said that maintenance was still scheduled but declined to give further details on when exactly it will start.