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Enbridge to invest $6.2B in pipeline expansions for light oil from North Dakota and Canada

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billion program of pipeline expansions to carry an additional 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) of light oil from North Dakota and western Canada to refinery markets in Ontario, Quebec and the US Midwest. Specifics include: North Dakota System Expansion and Extension. Enbridge Inc. will proceed with a $6.2-billion

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Opinion: The Current Oil Price Rally Is Reaching Its Limits

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Oil prices have climbed by about 50 percent from their February lows, topping $40 per barrel. But the rally could be reaching its limits, at least temporarily, as persistent oversupply and the prospect of new shale production caps any potential price increase. That has sparked a renewed sense of optimism among oil traders.

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Harvard Kennedy School researcher forecasts sharp increase in world oil production capacity and risk of price collapse

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World oil production capacity to 2020 (crude oil and NGLs, excluding biofuels). Oil production capacity is surging in the United States and several other countries at such a fast pace that global oil output capacity could grow by nearly 20% from the current 93 million barrels per day to 110.6 Source: Maugeri 2012.

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EIA: rail delivery of US oil and petroleum products continues to increase, but rate slower; 1.37M barrels per day

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The increase in US crude oil production has outstripped pipeline capacity, resulting in increasing reliance on railroads to move crude oil to refineries and storage centers. US weekly carloadings of crude oil and petroleum products averaged nearly 13,700 rail tankers during the January-June 2013 period.

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US petroleum demand drops 5.7% in January on heating oil decline

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A number of factors arguably have contributed to this in recent years, including more fuel-efficient cars, higher gasoline prices and demographic changes in the driving-age population—in addition to a sluggish economy. Supplies for refined products remained ample, with gasoline production of 8.9 Crude oil production rose 3.8%

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Opinion: Are US Drillers Actually Making A Comeback?

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Oil prices have rebounded strongly since March. The benchmark WTI prices soared by more than 36 percent in two months, and Brent has jumped by more than 25 percent. But that cut in production has itself contributed to the rise in prices. million barrels per day, that would merely bring about another decline in oil prices.

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API: March US Gasoline Demand and Production Set Records

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The record gasoline production in March makes it abundantly clear that supply is not an issue with the higher gasoline prices we’ve seen. Sharply higher crude oil prices are driving that, and they continue to put upward pressure on the price at the pump. Domestic crude oil production in March 2010 hit 5.5

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