An innovative way to ship oil sands is in the works. If proven viable, it will be a method of getting Canadian oil to market without pipelines, which are being attacked by environmentalists who want to keep hydrocarbons in the ground
CanaPux: An Innovative Way to Ship Canadian Oil Sands
Due to Canadian oil sands being transportation-constrained, Canadian crude prices had traded at a steep discount to U.S. oil, reaching a record difference of more than $51 a barrel in October 2018. But that gap recently narrowed to less than $7—the lowest since March 2009—due to a production cut of 8.7 percent that the Alberta government imposed on oil producers to lift depressed prices. The cut began on January 1 and is to last for one year.