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Western Canadian Select (WCS) is a heavy sour blend of crude oil that is one of North America's largest heavy crude oil streams and, historically, its cheapest. It was established in December 2004 as a new heavy oil stream by EnCana (now Cenovus), Canadian Natural Resources, Petro-Canada (now Suncor) and Talisman Energy (now Repsol Oil & Gas Canada). It is composed mostly of bitumen blended with sweet synthetic and condensate diluents and 21 existing streams of both conventional and unconventional Alberta heavy crude oils at the large Husky Midstream General Partnership terminal in Hardisty, Alberta. Western Canadian Select—the benchmark for heavy, acidic (TAN <1.1) crudes—is one of many petroleum products from the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin oil sands. Calgary-based Husky Energy, n

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  • Le Western Canadian Select (WCS) est un type de pétrole brut lourd résultant d'un ensemble de 19 variétés de bitume issu des sables bitumineux de l'Athabasca (Canada), mélangé à du pétrole brut de synthèse et du condensat dans les installations de Husky à Hardisty (Alberta). Devenu le standard de référence pour les bruts lourds à fort degré d'acidité, ce label a été lancé en 2004 par un consortium formé de Cenovus, Canadian Natural Resources, Suncor et Talisman Energy. Ce sont les seules compagnies qui produisent du WCS et elles se sont engagées à en contrôler rigoureusement les spécifications et la qualité. Le volume de production lors du lancement était de 250 000 barils par jour et il pourrait augmenter. Le bitume, appelé « pétrole non conventionnel » par les producteurs, est trop visqueux pour pouvoir être pompé dans un oléoduc, sa consistance étant comparable à du beurre d'arachide. Il est donc soit mélangé à des composants légers, pour produire du dilbit (bitume dilué), dont le brut lourd (WCS) est la variété la plus standardisée parmi quelque 25 autres, soit pré-raffiné en pétrole brut de synthèse léger commercialisé sous le label Syncrude Sweet, aussi désigné par le sigle SCO (Synthetic Crude Oil). L'Alberta et la Saskatchewan produisent aussi du pétrole léger conventionnel, vendu sous le label Edmonton Par. Le pétrole de Terre-Neuve est assimilé au Brent, standard de référence en matière de prix. Étant très lourd, le WCS se vend moins cher que le pétrole américain West Texas Intermediate (WTI), un pétrole léger adapté à la production de carburant et qui exige moins de raffinage que le WCS. Entre 2005 et 2009, le prix du WCS a oscillé entre 26 et 80 % du prix du WTI. (fr)
  • Western Canadian Select (WCS) is a heavy sour blend of crude oil that is one of North America's largest heavy crude oil streams and, historically, its cheapest. It was established in December 2004 as a new heavy oil stream by EnCana (now Cenovus), Canadian Natural Resources, Petro-Canada (now Suncor) and Talisman Energy (now Repsol Oil & Gas Canada). It is composed mostly of bitumen blended with sweet synthetic and condensate diluents and 21 existing streams of both conventional and unconventional Alberta heavy crude oils at the large Husky Midstream General Partnership terminal in Hardisty, Alberta. Western Canadian Select—the benchmark for heavy, acidic (TAN <1.1) crudes—is one of many petroleum products from the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin oil sands. Calgary-based Husky Energy, now a subsidiary of Cenovus, had joined the initial four founders in 2015. Western Canadian Select (WCS) is the benchmark price for Canadian crude blends. The price of other Canadian crude blends produced locally are also based on the price of the benchmark. During the COVID-19 pandemic many oil benchmarks around the world fell to record lows, with WCS dropping to $3.81 U.S. dollars per barrel on April 21, 2020. In June, Cenovus increased production at its Christina Lake oil sands project reaching record volumes of 405,658 bbls/d when the price of WCS increased "almost tenfold from April" to an average of $33.97 or C$46.03 per barrel (bbl). During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine the price of WCS rose to over US$100 a barrel with the United States considering placing a ban on Russian oil imports. (en)
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  • Le Western Canadian Select (WCS) est un type de pétrole brut lourd résultant d'un ensemble de 19 variétés de bitume issu des sables bitumineux de l'Athabasca (Canada), mélangé à du pétrole brut de synthèse et du condensat dans les installations de Husky à Hardisty (Alberta). Devenu le standard de référence pour les bruts lourds à fort degré d'acidité, ce label a été lancé en 2004 par un consortium formé de Cenovus, Canadian Natural Resources, Suncor et Talisman Energy. Ce sont les seules compagnies qui produisent du WCS et elles se sont engagées à en contrôler rigoureusement les spécifications et la qualité. Le volume de production lors du lancement était de 250 000 barils par jour et il pourrait augmenter. (fr)
  • Western Canadian Select (WCS) is a heavy sour blend of crude oil that is one of North America's largest heavy crude oil streams and, historically, its cheapest. It was established in December 2004 as a new heavy oil stream by EnCana (now Cenovus), Canadian Natural Resources, Petro-Canada (now Suncor) and Talisman Energy (now Repsol Oil & Gas Canada). It is composed mostly of bitumen blended with sweet synthetic and condensate diluents and 21 existing streams of both conventional and unconventional Alberta heavy crude oils at the large Husky Midstream General Partnership terminal in Hardisty, Alberta. Western Canadian Select—the benchmark for heavy, acidic (TAN <1.1) crudes—is one of many petroleum products from the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin oil sands. Calgary-based Husky Energy, n (en)
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