Category Archives: Commodities

Western Canadian Select (WCS) price differential on December 15, 2017 with WTI is ($57.30-32.75) $24.55 USD/bbl and the near-term trend is a projected increase in the differential

Western Canadian Select chart showing the differential with WTI

There are two major negative factors affecting the price of WCS and thus increasing the the price differential. The first is new production coming on stream and the second is the pipeline constraint to export WCS to the U.S. market.

Click here for a live and larger version of the above chart.

There are over 300 benchmark streams of crude oil produced around the world. The most commonly referenced US benchmark is West Texas Intermediate (WTI), priced out of Cushing, Oklahoma. WTI is lighter and sweeter than the international benchmark, North Sea Brent, which is priced out of Sullom Voe, Scotland.

The two most popular Canadian benchmarks are Canadian Light and Western Canadian Select. WCS is a heavy sour blend while Canadian Light is a light sweet crude, similar in quality to WTI.

Click hear for an explanation of WCS.

This link provides an historical chart of the WCS price differential with WTI.

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West Texas Intermediate will test resistance around $60

WTI intermediate uptrend.

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Intermediate uptrend and breakout for Brent Crude Oil

Intermediate uptrend for Brent

Brent 3-Year Candlestick Chart

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Tentative breakout for WTI crude above major resistance at $55

West Texas Intermediate 3-Year Chart showing the tentative breakout above resistance at $55.

West Texas Intermediate 3-Year Chart

Reference my last chart analysis for WTI.

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West Texas Intermediate testing major resistance at $55

West Texas Intermediate Crude chart showing the test at major resistance of $55.

WTI Weekly Chart 2012 to 2017

Reference the last chart analysis for WTI

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Intermediate uptrend for West Texas Intermediate

WTI Daily Chart showing the intermediate uptrend

WTI Daily Chart

Reference the last chart analysis for WTI based on the weekly chart showing major resistance at $55.00

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Breakout for gold at 1300

Gold will test major resistance at 1375

Weekly chart for gold showing the breakout at 1300 and the next test at 1375

Gold 6-Year Chart

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Reference my last post for gold when it was testing 1300.

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Gold at major resistance of 1300

Intermediate uptrend for gold at major resistance of 1300

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