Planned maintenance at several large refineries in the Midwest has decreased the volume of crude oil processed in the region, which has resulted in lower prices of Western Canadian Select (WCS), a crude oil typically processed in the Midwest. WCS crude oil is typically priced lower than other crude oils because of differences in crude oil quality, but increasing production of WCS and pipeline capacity constraints in Western Canada have resulted in even lower prices of WCS compared with crude oil benchmarks such as Brent. More ›
Source: EIA, based on Bloomberg L.P.
11/30/2018: $50.93/barrel
up$0.51 from week earlier
down$6.47 from year earlier
11/30/2018: $4.612/MMBtu
up$0.304 from week earlier
up$1.587 from year earlier
11/24/2018: 13.924 million tons
down0.678 million tons from week earlier
down0.275 million tons from year earlier
11/23/2018: 3,054 Bcf
down59 Bcf from week earlier
down644 Bcf from year earlier
11/23/2018: 450.5 million barrels
up3.6 million barrels from week earlier
down3.2 million barrels from year earlier