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CRUDE OIL PRICE [17 records]

Record 1 2015-12-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
  • Market Prices
CONT

[The] chart shows the U. S. WTI [West Texas Intermediate] benchmark and the Canadian effective price(CEP), an export-weighted composite of Canadian Light Sweet(Western Canadian light), the global Brent benchmark(the benchmark for Newfoundland and Labrador light crude oil) and Heavy Hardisty(Western Canadian heavy, including bitumen) crude oil prices.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Prix (Commercialisation)
CONT

[Le] graphique indique le prix de référence américain (WTI [West Texas Intermediate]) et le prix effectif canadien (PEC), un indice composite pondéré selon les exportations qui repose sur les prix du brut léger non sulfuré canadien (pétrole léger de l'Ouest canadien), du prix de référence mondial (Brent) [prix de référence du brut léger de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador] et du Hardisty lourd (pétrole lourd de l'Ouest canadien, y compris le bitume).

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Market Prices
  • Crude Oil and Petroleum Products
DEF

The price difference between heavy and light crude oil.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prix (Commercialisation)
  • Pétroles bruts et dérivés
DEF

Écart de prix entre le pétrole brut lourd et le pétrole brut léger.

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Laws of the Market (Economy)
CONT

The price of crude oil is generally set by the world market based on supply and demand. As a result, when demand increases and stocks decrease, the price of crude oil increases, but many other factors can affect the price of crude oil, which is the main component in the gasoline pump price.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lois du marché (Économie)
CONT

Le prix du pétrole brut est normalement fixé par le marché mondial, en fonction de l'offre et la demande. Ainsi, lorsque la demande augmente et que les stocks baissent, le prix du brut monte, mais bien d'autres facteurs peuvent influencer le prix du brut, lequel représente la principale composante du prix de l'essence à la pompe.

Spanish

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Record 4 2010-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Laws of the Market (Economy)
CONT

Natural gas prices, as with other commodity prices, are mainly driven by supply and demand fundamentals. However, natural gas prices may also be linked to the price of crude oil and/or petroleum products, especially in continental Europe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lois du marché (Économie)
CONT

Les niveaux des stocks de gaz naturel sont un bon indicateur de l'équilibre qui existe entre l'offre et la demande de gaz naturel et sont habituellement le facteur déterminant pour les prix du gaz naturel. Les niveaux des stocks sont à leur plus haut tant au Canada qu'aux États-Unis. [...] Ce surplus de gaz va continuer à exercer des pressions baissières sur les prix, du moins jusqu'à ce que la production baisse ou que la demande augmente.

Spanish

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Record 5 2010-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Market Prices
  • National and International Economics
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

Country that exports or imports in insufficient quantities to influence market price and is obliged to sell its goods at the price set by major exporters.

CONT

Canada is a net exporter of crude oil and gasoline. According to the U. S. Energy Information Administration, Canada accounts for 3% of the world supply of oil. Canada is a price taker for crude oil and gasoline. This means that Canadian producers take the price on the open market and do not directly influence the world price of gasoline independently.

Key term(s)
  • price taker country
  • price taking country

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prix (Commercialisation)
  • Économie nationale et internationale
  • Commerce extérieur
CONT

Le Canada est un exportateur net de pétrole brut et d'essence. D'après l'U.S. Energy Information Administration, le Canada contribue pour 3 % de la production mondiale de pétrole. Le Canada est un preneur de prix dans le cas du pétrole brut et de l'essence, ce qui signifie que les producteurs canadiens prennent le prix du marché libre et n'exercent pas à eux seuls d'influence sur les prix mondiaux de l'essence.

Spanish

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Record 6 2007-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
CONT

The benchmark price for crude oil in America is based on crude oil futures. Contracts will trade on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
DEF

Prix [des produits] sur les marchés internationaux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Finanzas
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Record 7 2004-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marketing Research
CONT

In the case of blended bitumen, marketability appears to be somewhat less certain than that for synthetic crude oil, and it is conceivable that temporary supply imbalances could occur. The Board believes, however, that in these situations there would be a widening of the light/heavy crude oil price differential, which would provide the incentive to install upgrading facilities and, in turn, eliminate the supply imbalances.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Étude du marché
CONT

Dans le cas du bitume fluidifié, la commercialisation semble moins certaine que pour le brut synthétique, et des déséquilibres temporaires de l'offre sont tout à fait concevables. L'Office estime toutefois que dans de telles circonstances, le différentiel de prix entre le brut léger et le brut lourd s'accroîtrait, ce qui constituerait un incitatif à l'installation d'unités de traitement, ce qui, en retour, éliminerait les déséquilibres de l'offre.

Spanish

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Record 8 2004-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Asphalts
CONT

For in situ bitumen, the differential between the price of light versus heavy crude oil is also an important consideration...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bitumes
CONT

Pour le bitume produit in situ par la méthode SGSIV, l'écart entre les prix du pétrole brut léger et du pétrole brut lourd a un impact majeur [...]

Spanish

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Record 9 2002-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Utilization (Oil and Natural Gas)
  • Crude Oil and Petroleum Products
  • Market Prices
DEF

The world’s most prolific crude oil, frequently used as a marker crude in establishing the prices of other crudes.

CONT

The price of Saudi Arabian light crude oil was previously fixed at $12. 70 per barrel(34 degrees A. P. I. with 1. 7 per cent sulphur) and this was used as the reference world oil price in calculating the substitution value of Canadian natural gas exports.

Key term(s)
  • Arabian light crude

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation commerciale (Pétrole et gaz naturel)
  • Pétroles bruts et dérivés
  • Prix (Commercialisation)
DEF

Mélange de pétroles d'Arabie Saoudite dont le prix sert de référence sur le marché mondial.

CONT

[...] les Arabian Light sont des pétroles bruts légers provenant de la péninsule arabique [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Explotación comercial (Petróleo y gas natural)
  • Petróleo bruto y derivados
  • Precios (Comercialización)
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Record 10 2001-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Utilization (Oil and Natural Gas)
  • Market Prices
  • Crude Oil and Petroleum Products
DEF

The delivered price of crude oil to a refinery, including all transportation charges to that point.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation commerciale (Pétrole et gaz naturel)
  • Prix (Commercialisation)
  • Pétroles bruts et dérivés
DEF

[...] prix du pétrole brut à la livraison à la raffinerie, y compris tous les frais de transport jusqu'à ce lieu.

Spanish

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Record 11 1988-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Utilization (Oil and Natural Gas)
OBS

... its principle of landing crude oil at competitive market price had to be maintained.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation commerciale (Pétrole et gaz naturel)

Spanish

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Record 12 1987-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Commercial Utilization (Oil and Natural Gas)
  • Public Sector Budgeting
OBS

Compensation for difference in price between foreign and Canadian crude oil.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Exploitation commerciale (Pétrole et gaz naturel)
  • Budget des collectivités publiques
OBS

Compensation pour la différence de prix entre le pétrole brut canadien et le pétrole brut étranger.

Spanish

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Record 13 1986-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Public Sector Budgeting
  • Industry-Government Relations (Econ.)
CONT

The major mechanism by which rents on crude oil that are not collected by the producing provinces are redistributed is through the policy of pricing domestically produced oil below the world price.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Budget des collectivités publiques
  • Relations de l'industrie avec l'État (Écon.)

Spanish

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Record 14 1985-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Refining
CONT

In the context of present world prices of crude oil and probable price increases in the near future, the overall economics of heavy-oil recovery and upgrading appear favourable.

OBS

... heavy oil may be upgraded by one of two basic approaches: Coking ... and Hydrocracking ...

OBS

... upgrading plants that will convert the heavy oil into a "synthetic crude" acceptable to existing refineries.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Raffinage du pétrole

Spanish

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Record 15 1985-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • National and International Economics
  • Market Prices
  • Commercial Utilization (Oil and Natural Gas)
CONT

Because of a lower world crude oil price, the Government of Canada reduced the gas export border price to $US 4. 10 per gigajoule on April 11, 1983.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie nationale et internationale
  • Prix (Commercialisation)
  • Exploitation commerciale (Pétrole et gaz naturel)

Spanish

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Record 16 1985-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • National and International Economics
  • Commercial Utilization (Oil and Natural Gas)
CONT

Because of a lower world crude oil price, the Government of Canada reduced the gas export border price to $US 4. 10 per gigajoule on April 11, 1983.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie nationale et internationale
  • Exploitation commerciale (Pétrole et gaz naturel)

Spanish

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Record 17 1982-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drilling and Boring (Construction)
OBS

(...) because of recent escalations in the price of offshore crude oil.(DANES 91).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondage et forage (Construction)
OBS

D'après: forage sous-marin.

Spanish

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