Province to extend oil curtailment levels due to rail strike and pipeline leak

Nov 27, 2019 | 3:51 PM

The Alberta government says it will leave its oil production quotas unchanged in January after several months of easing the curtailments.

The government says producers were informed yesterday that the production limit will remain at 3.81 million barrels per day, unchanged from December.

The province says the move was due to delays in oil shipments caused by the strike at CN Rail and the temporary shutdown of the Keystone pipeline following a leak in North Dakota.

The curtailment program was brought in by the previous NDP government last January in response to wider-than-usual price discounts for Alberta oil blamed on high inventory levels.

Province to extend oil curtailment levels due to rail strike and pipeline leak

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