WTI/WCS Price Differential Hits BUMP In September Contract
- WTI/WCS Price Differential for September 2023 CLOSE on Thursday, July 20, 2023:
* NEGATIVE USD 15.50 per barrel
- seems to have WIDEN by ~ USD 3/bbl. from the August 2023 WTI futures contract
- this is BAD news for the PURE-PLAY diluted bitumen producers like MEG as GROSS MARGINS for Access Western Barrels (AWB) will be COMPRESSED
- many people including the MEG CEO were hoping for a NEGATIVE 10 USD/bbl. WTI/WCS Price Differential TRENDING into 2024 for various reasons
- will see how it PLAYS OUT in the next five months
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