By Canadian Press

OIL QUOTAS

Province raises oil quotas for August as rail exports grow, storage levels slip

Jun 27, 2019 | 9:11 AM

CALGARY- The UCP government says it will ease its oil production curtailment program by 25,000 barrels per day (bpd) in August.

The province is citing growing crude-by-rail capacity, declining oil inventory levels and improved efficiencies in export pipelines for the move.

Last week, the National Energy Board reported crude-by-rail exports in April reached 236,000 bpd, a 40% increase over March, but still down from the record high of 353,800 bpd in December.

The province says it is setting a production limit in August of 3,740,000 bpd, versus the initial January limit of 3,560,000 bpd.

The limits were imposed after discounts on Western Canadian Select bitumen-blend oil jumped to more than US$50 per barrel compared with New York-traded West Texas Intermediate.

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The difference is now about US$13.70 per barrel, according to oil brokerage Net Energy Exchange.

The first 10,000 bpd a company produces are exempt from production limits, meaning only 29 of more than 300 producers in Alberta are subject to the limits.

(The Canadian Press)