Imperial Oil reduces Edmonton Par Crude

Wall Street Journal reports that Imperial Oil Ltd. (IMO) has reduced its purchase price for benchmark 40-degree gravity light crude oil at Edmonton by C$15 a cubic meter to C$470 a cubic meter, effective Monday.

The press release is quoted as saying:

In terms of barrels, the company is now offering C$74.73 a barrel, down from C$77.12. The new purchase price indicates an export price delivered to Chicago of about US$72.71 a barrel after considering transportation and import charges and foreign exchange rates.

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