Midwest Refinery Turnarounds Widen WTI-WCS Spread
Although the spread between the price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil and Western Canada Select (WCS) has narrowed considerably in 2013, a rash of maintenance-related refinery turnarounds in the second Petroleum Administration for Defense District (PADD 2) have caused this price differential to increase in recent weeks.
Canada’s Natural-Gas Market: Unique Challenges and Opportunities
In this Graph of the Week, we examine the interaction between the Canadian and US natural-gas markets.
MLP Performance: General Partners Lead the Way, Upstream Operators Lag
Master limited partnerships (MLP) have enjoyed quite a run thus far in 2013, with the Alerian MLP Index rallying about 19.9 percent. We use our proprietary indexes to examine which segments have led the charge and which have lagged the pack.
Near-Term Recovery in Gas Prices is Bullish for Coal
As Elliott Gue predicted, conditions have continued to improve in the domestic market for thermal coal.
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Roger S. Conrad
Founder and Chief Analyst: Capitalist Times and Energy & Income Advisor
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Founder and Chief Analyst: Capitalist Times and Energy & Income Advisor
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Managing Editor: Capitalist Times and Energy & Income Advisor
