oil companies: Western Canada's oil companies are now in the same boat thanks to production gains that have not been matched by export pipeline capacity gains, according to The Toronto Star. Pumpjacks are shown pumping crude oil near Halkirk, Alta., in 2007. Canadian grain farmers experienced that situation in 2013 and again last winter when their harvest outstripped the transport capacity of Canada's rail companies. Larry Mac Dougal / THE CANADIAN PRESS Like those farmers, oil producers have filled storage to bursting while they wait for a solution to appear. Estimates on the cost to the economy vary wildly, but the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers officially estimates the impact as at least 13 billion in the first 10 months of 2018. The price discounts or differentials that had mainly affected heavy oil have spread to light oil and upgraded synthetic oilsands crude as pipeline space tightens.
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