Alberta over a barrel: pure-play v. integrated companies; low prices

Gary Park

for Petroleum News

A rift without parallel is tearing through the ranks of Canada’s oil industry. Pure play oil sands operators are lined up against integrated companies — those who both produce and refine. As the West Texas Intermediate price has tumbled under US$60 a barrel it has dragged down the return on Western....

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