U.S. West Coast refiners are replacing their heavy Iraqi oil imports with cheaper crude from Canada as the newly expanded Trans Mountain pipeline reshuffles trade flows across the Pacific.
California and Washington are set to import about 150,000 barrels a day of Canadian crude by tanker in June — a seven-fold increase from average volumes, according to preliminary Vortexa data.
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Statistics Canada released the inflation report for May on Wednesday, showing a surprising uptick in the country's yearly inflation rate to 2.9% for the month, exceeding the forecasted figure of 2.7%. This development might shake the market's anticipation of a rate cut coming in July. Nonetheless, the data aligns with the Bank of Canada's target range for inflation control, set at 1%-3%. Before the report's release, market conse...

Canadian crude shipments to Los Angeles are surging, a possible preview of how a Trans Mountain expanded pipeline that’s nearing startup may redraw flows along the Pacific Coast.
In March, three tankers carrying a total of 1.74 million barrels have sailed from Vancouver to Los Angeles, marking the highest volume in at least four years, according to Vortexa tanker data. At least two of the shipments of heavy Cold Lake crude from t...