What Keystone pipeline cancellation means for crude-by-rail

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President Joe Biden’s revocation of the March 2019 permit enabling the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline will likely result in more crude-by-rail volumes, according to industry observers. But how much volumes will increase could largely depend on the price that heavy crude oil can fetch in the global market.

“The cancellation of the Keystone pipeline project was inevitable once the government changed. Despite its merits or drawbacks, it is now a deflated political football,” said Barry...

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Social risk trumps financial risk for Canadian crude-by-rail

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Shipments of Canadian heavy crude oil via rail in 2021 are likely to be below the volume peaks that occurred at the beginning of 2020, credit ratings firm Moody’s Investors Service said in a Monday note related to Canadian crude-by-rail. This means that the Canadian railways could see decreased revenue coming from crude-by-rail in 2021.

That said, the social risks to haul crude-by-rail are more costly than the financial risks for Canadian Pacific (NYSE: CP) and CN (NYSE: CNI), Moody’s said....

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