Fuel Focus, May 16, 2014

Table of Contents

• National Overview
• Recent Developments
• Retail Gasoline Overview
• Wholesale Gasoline Prices
• Gasoline Refining and Marketing Margins
• Crude Oil Overview
• Download the report

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National Overview

Retail Pump Prices Decreased 1 Cent per Litre from Last Week

For the week ending May 13, 2014, Canadian average retail pump prices declined from the previous week by 1 cent per litre to $1.36 per litre- a five week low.

Pump prices were driven down by lower wholesale gasoline prices across North America, which in turn weakened with lower crude oil prices.

Diesel fuel prices decreased by nearly 2 cents per litre from last week to $1.37 per litre. This represents an increase of 13 cents per litre from the same time last year. Furnace oil prices declined to $1.28 cents per litre compared to the previous week, up 12 cents per litre from a year ago.

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Figure 1

The graph shows prices in cents per litre for gasoline at retail, gasoline excluding taxes, and Edmonton Par and Brent crude oil prices. Gasoline prices ended the period of May 13, 2014, at 135.7 cents per litre, excluding taxes at 95.8 cents per litre, Edmonton Par at 64.2 cents per litre and Brent at 73.9 cents per litre.

Dates	Gasoline at retail	Excluding Taxes	Edmonton Par crude	Brent crude
01/01/2013	118.9	80.4	46.6	69.3
08/01/2013	120.6	81.9	49.4	69.5
15/01/2013	118.9	80.3	53.7	69.2
22/01/2013	119.7	81.1	55.2	68.7
29/01/2013	123.3	84.3	56.6	70.7
05/02/2013	129.2	89.7	61.9	72.5
12/02/2013	127.7	88.4	54.8	73.5
19/02/2013	130.5	90.9	55.3	74.6
26/02/2013	131.2	91.6	54.7	67.1
05/03/2013	131.2	91.6	51.8	72.5
12/03/2013	129.9	90.4	54.2	71.8
19/03/2013	130.1	90.7	56.7	70.6
26/03/2013	129.4	90.0	57.0	69.7
02/04/2013	128.7	89.3	58.4	69.9
09/04/2013	126.5	87.4	59.5	68.9
16/04/2013	125.0	86.0	58.0	67.0
23/04/2013	125.1	85.9	54.8	64.4
30/04/2013	126.3	87.0	55.8	65.5
07/05/2013	126.0	86.7	61.4	65.1
14/05/2013	129.3	89.8	59.1	66.1
21/05/2013	131.4	91.8	58.8	66.1
28/05/2013	132.9	93.2	60.0	66.9
04/06/2013	131.1	91.5	58.1	66.6
11/06/2013	132.9	93.2	57.8	66.8
18/06/2013	133.1	93.3	57.0	66.8
25/06/2013	130.5	91.0	58.0	67.4
02/07/2013	128.3	88.9	59.0	67.2
09/07/2013	132.4	92.6	63.1	69.6
16/07/2013	134.4	94.3	66.6	71.2
23/07/2013	134.7	94.6	68.7	71.1
30/07/2013	132.7	92.8	67.9	69.8
06/08/2013	131.5	91.7	64.1	70.1
13/08/2013	130.0	90.3	65.6	70.3
20/08/2013	132.0	92.2	66.4	71.3
27/08/2013	133.0	93.0	66.4	72.3
03/09/2013	133.9	93.8	70.2	75.5
10/09/2013	132.1	92.2	68.1	76.1
17/09/2013	130.6	90.8	65.8	73.0
24/09/2013	126.4	87.1	63.7	70.8
01/10/2013	124.3	85.2	61.9	70.3
08/10/2013	123.6	84.6	60.1	70.6
15/10/2013	124.8	85.6	60.9	71.9
22/10/2013	125.5	86.2	59.7	71.7
29/10/2013	124.4	85.2	57.4	70.6
05/11/2013	123.7	84.6	58.9	71.1
12/11/2013	122.6	83.6	53.5	69.0
19/11/2013	124.6	85.3	48.7	70.7
26/11/2013	126.4	86.9	48.6	71.8
03/12/2013	125.4	86.1	49.4	73.6
10/12/2013	125.9	86.5	50.9	74.9
17/12/2013	124.5	85.2	52.5	73.0
24/12/2013	125.0	85.6	52.6	73.5
31/12/2013	128.3	88.6	52.6	74.9
07/01/2014	125.0	85.6	60.6	73.0
14/01/2014	125.6	86.2	54.6	72.6
21/01/2014	125.7	86.3	52.8	73.2
28/01/2014	126.6	87.0	55.1	74.9
04/02/2014	125.9	86.7	59.0	75.1
11/02/2014	127.6	88.2	57.0	74.4
18/02/2014	129.3	89.8	68.5	75.3
25/02/2014	130.7	91.0	69.7	75.4
04/03/2014	132.5	92.7	71.5	75.4
11/03/2014	131.8	92.1	70.3	75.9
18/03/2014	132.0	92.3	64.3	75.4
25/03/2014	132.9	93.2	63.4	74.7
01/04/2014	132.9	93.2	64.4	75.2
08/04/2014	133.9	94.1	65.1	73.7
15/04/2014	136.8	96.7	64.2	73.8
22/04/2014	137.7	97.4	65.5	75.7
29/04/2014	139.8	99.4	65.0	76.1
06/05/2014	136.9	96.8	64.2	74.8
13/05/2014	135.7	95.8	64.2	73.9

Note:

Edmonton Par prices as discontinued as of May 1, 2014. Please see the explanatory note under Recent Developments.

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Figure 2

This graph shows the gasoline price trends from 2012 to 2014.

Date	2012 Gasoline at Retail	Date	2013 Gasoline at Retail	Date	2014 Gasoline at Retail
12-01-03	120.60	13-01-01	118.90	13-12-31	128.30
12-01-10	122.90	13-01-08	120.60	14-01-07	125.00
12-01-17	123.00	13-01-15	118.90	14-01-14	125.60
12-01-24	123.30	13-01-22	119.70	14-01-21	125.70
12-01-31	124.70	13-01-29	123.30	14-01-28	126.60
12-02-07	122.70	13-02-05	129.20	14-02-04	125.90
12-02-14	126.70	13-02-12	127.70	14-02-11	127.60
12-02-21	127.00	13-02-19	130.50	14-02-18	129.30
12-02-28	131.70	13-02-26	131.20	14-02-25	130.70
12-03-06	127.30	13-03-05	131.20	14-03-04	132.50
12-03-13	131.00	13-03-12	129.90	14-03-11	131.80
12-03-20	132.80	13-03-19	130.10	14-03-18	132.00
12-03-27	132.70	13-03-26	129.40	14-03-25	132.90
12-04-03	135.10	13-04-02	128.70	14-04-01	132.90
12-04-10	136.40	13-04-09	126.50	14-04-08	133.90
12-04-17	136.70	13-04-16	125.00	14-04-15	136.80
12-04-24	132.00	13-04-23	125.10	14-04-22	137.70
12-05-01	131.90	13-04-30	126.30	14-04-29	139.80
12-05-08	129.50	13-05-07	126.00	14-05-06	136.90
12-05-15	130.30	13-05-14	129.30	14-05-13	135.70
12-05-22	128.50	13-05-21	131.40	14-05-20
12-05-29	129.30	13-05-28	132.90	14-05-27
12-06-05	126.80	13-06-04	131.10	14-06-03
12-06-12	126.70	13-06-11	132.90	14-06-10
12-06-19	126.80	13-06-18	133.10	14-06-17
12-06-26	123.70	13-06-25	130.50	14-06-24
12-07-03	123.10	13-07-02	128.30	14-07-01
12-07-10	126.00	13-07-09	132.40	14-07-08
12-07-17	128.00	13-07-16	134.40	14-07-15
12-07-24	129.20	13-07-23	134.70	14-07-22
12-07-31	127.30	13-07-30	132.70	14-07-29
12-08-07	129.70	13-08-06	131.50	14-08-05
12-08-14	131.00	13-08-13	130.00	14-08-12
12-08-21	130.30	13-08-20	132.00	14-08-19
12-08-28	130.60	13-08-27	133.00	14-08-26
12-09-04	130.90	13-09-03	133.90	14-09-02
12-09-11	132.20	13-09-10	132.10	14-09-09
12-09-18	134.60	13-09-17	130.60	14-09-16
12-09-25	128.90	13-09-24	126.40	14-09-23
12-10-02	132.80	13-10-01	124.30	14-09-30
12-10-09	133.00	13-10-08	123.60	14-10-07
12-10-16	130.10	13-10-15	124.80	14-10-14
12-10-23	124.30	13-10-22	125.50	14-10-21
12-10-30	123.50	13-10-29	124.40	14-10-28
12-11-06	121.60	13-11-05	123.70	14-11-04
12-11-13	122.50	13-11-12	122.60	14-11-11
12-11-20	122.20	13-11-19	124.60	14-11-18
12-11-27	122.60	13-11-26	126.40	14-11-25
12-12-04	120.90	13-12-03	125.40	14-12-02
12-12-11	117.30	13-12-10	125.90	14-12-09
12-12-18	117.70	13-12-17	124.50	14-12-16
12-12-25	119.00	13-12-24	125.00	14-12-23
		13-12-31	128.30	14-12-30

Table 1: Changes in Fuel Prices

¢/L	Week of: 2014-05-13	Change from: Previous Week	Change from: Last Year
Gasoline	135.7	-1.1	+6.4
Diesel	137.1	-1.5	+13.0
Furnace Oil	127.9	-0.9	+11.6

Source: NRCan

Table 2: Natural Gas Prices for Vehicles

2014-05-13	¢/kilogram	¢/L gasoline equivalent	¢/L diesel equivalent
Vancouver	114.6	75.6	78.4
Edmonton	115.1	75.9	78.7
Toronto	128.3	84.6	87.8

Source: ¢/kg Kent Marketing Services Limited

Recent Developments

• Edmonton Par Prices Discontinued: As of May 1, 2014, Edmonton Par prices are no longer available.  The Canadian Light Sweet (CLS) crude blend is traded daily on the Net Energy Index and is considered a benchmark crude for the Canadian crude market. Net Energy Index reports NYMEX's WTI future settlement prices, and the differential between CLS and WTI; NRCan calculates the CLS price from this information. The two prices – Edmonton Par before May 1, 2014, and CLS afterwards, are considered similar – both are light sweet crudes priced at Edmonton.
• Short-Term Energy Outlook: Led by falling crude oil prices, the projected U.S. annual average regular gasoline retail price, which fell from $3.63/gal in 2012 to an average of $3.51/gal in 2013, will continue to fall to $3.48/gal in 2014 and $3.39 in 2015. Diesel fuel prices, which averaged $3.92/gal in 2013, are projected to average $3.87/gal in 2014 and $3.78/gal in 2015. EIA expects that the monthly average regular gasoline retail price, which was $3.66/gal in April, will peak at $3.72/gal in May and then fall to $3.51/gal in September. (Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration)
• Suncor Energy's Refining and Marketing Operations: Suncor Energy completed major improvements to its refineries, greatly increasing the amount of oil sands crude that can be refined, while improving environmental performance. The Edmonton refinery has been optimized for processing oil sands crude feedstocks. At the Sarnia refinery, a $1 billion investment in new equipment has enabled the production of lower sulphur diesel fuel and improved operational efficiency. At the Commerce City (Colorado) refinery, a $540 million upgrade has enabled the refinery to meet clean fuels regulations and handle a wider range of oil sands products. (Source: Suncor)

Retail Gasoline Overview

The four-week average Canadian pump price in selected cities across Canada was $1.37 per litre for the period ending May 13, 2014. This represents an 11 cent-per-litre increase compared to the same period in 2013.

For the period ending May 13, 2014, the four-week average crude oil price remained unchanged at 73 cents per litre. The crude oil price component of gasoline is 12 cents per litre higher than at the same time last year.

Average retail gasoline prices in Western centres increased by 1 cent per litre to $1.33 per litre when compared to the previous report and ranged from $1.25 to $1.50 per litre. Average prices in Eastern centres rose by 1.5 cent per litre to $1.41 per litre from the previous week and ranged from $1.37 to $1.45 per litre.

The refining and marketing costs component rose to 24 cents per litre. Compared to a year ago, margins are down by 2 cents per litre.

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Figure 3

This graph shows the gasoline price components for 2 territories and 10 cities plus the national average.

	Whitehorse	Yellowknife	Vancouver	Calgary	Regina	Winnipeg	Toronto	Montreal*	Saint John*	Halifax*	Charlottetown*	St. John's*	Canada
Pump Price	135.9	138.9	149.6	125.3	131.6	127.0	136.9	144.9	138.1	142.3	140.8	141.7	137.5
Crude (est.)	64.7	64.7	64.7	64.7	64.7	64.7	68.7	75.1	75.1	75.1	75.1	75.1	72.9
Federal Taxes	16.5	16.6	10.0	16.0	16.3	16.0	10.0	16.3	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	16.2
Provincial Tax	6.2	10.7	32.2	9.0	15.0	14.0	14.7	34.8	13.6	15.5	13.1	16.5	23.9
HST			7.1				15.7		15.9	18.6	17.3	16.3
Refining & Marketing Costs & Margins	48.5	46.9	35.6	35.6	35.6	32.3	27.7	18.8	23.5	23.1	25.3	23.8	24.5

Source: NRCan
* Regulated Markets
Note: Toronto crude oil cost includes pipeline tolls of $4 per barrel for light crude oil from Edmonton to Sarnia, Ontario.

Wholesale Gasoline Prices

Wholesale gasoline prices ranged from 84 to 91 cents per litre in select centres for the week of May 6, 2014. Overall, compared to the previous week, Canadian and American centres recorded price decreases of 3 cents per litre to increases of 2 cents per litre.

Changes in wholesale gasoline prices in Eastern markets of both Canada and the United States, when compared to the previous week, ranged from an increase of 2 cents per litre to a decline of 3 cents per litre. Prices for the period ended in the 84 to 89 cent-per-litre range.

Wholesale gasoline price changes in Western centres ranged from an increase of more than 1 cent per litre to a decrease of 2 cents per litre, with prices ending the period between 85 and 91 cents per litre.

In the last two weeks, wholesale prices in all Canadian and American selected centres have increased in the range of 4 to 10 cents per litre.

Overall, wholesale gasoline price changes range from an increase of 12 cents per litre to a decrease of 3 cents per litre from last year’s level.

Figure 4: Wholesale Gasoline Prices
Rack Terminal Prices for Selected Canadian and American Cities Ending May 6, 2014
(Can ¢/L)

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Figure 4

This graph shows the trend in wholesale gasoline prices for selected centres in Canada and the U.S.

DATE	Halifax	Braintree	Montreal	Rochester	Toronto	Buffalo	Edmonton	Grand Forks	Vancouver	Seattle
Thu 03-Jan-13	77.50	75.42	78.60	75.82	77.50	77.31	65.40	66.07	75.50	68.79
Thu 10-Jan-13	76.70	74.48	77.40	75.49	76.90	77.88	63.40	66.67	72.40	65.77
Thu 17-Jan-13	74.80	73.73	75.40	74.81	75.00	74.96	62.40	69.13	70.90	65.72
Thu 13-Dec-12	72.10	70.22	74.90	71.94	73.90	77.52	67.70	64.43	70.50	65.70
Thu 24-Jan-13	79.00	78.00	79.00	78.15	78.30	78.93	66.80	75.06	73.50	70.59
Thu 31-Jan-13	84.10	81.70	84.70	81.81	83.50	80.51	72.50	78.85	83.40	79.19
Thu 07-Feb-13	84.60	80.98	85.10	81.47	83.20	83.16	73.10	80.16	84.00	78.87
Thu 14-Feb-13	84.50	83.61	84.20	84.35	83.20	83.55	78.10	86.03	83.30	79.18
Thu 21-Feb-13	86.70	83.01	85.90	84.51	85.40	87.44	79.70	85.90	86.00	82.60
Thu 28-Feb-13	82.80	80.41	81.90	83.34	81.90	83.14	80.50	83.70	86.20	81.99
Thu 07-Mar-13	84.10	80.00	83.60	82.22	83.30	84.09	81.00	82.56	86.90	80.15
Thu 14-Mar-13	84.60	81.52	84.00	83.10	83.90	85.12	81.70	82.24	85.40	78.61
Thu 21-Mar-13	84.10	80.55	84.50	81.59	84.80	84.95	81.80	81.66	82.10	75.28
Thu 28-Mar-13	82.00	79.08	81.50	80.79	82.60	84.24	80.20	82.51	83.80	79.62
Thu 04-Apr-13	79.40	73.32	79.50	77.54	80.60	84.10	77.40	78.17	80.20	77.14
Thu 11-Apr-13	77.30	73.36	78.90	75.92	79.80	83.84	75.90	75.52	81.50	76.23
Thu 18-Apr-13	74.70	75.92	76.30	76.28	77.10	75.04	74.90	76.41	78.50	74.77
Thu 25-Apr-13	74.80	77.01	75.90	76.42	76.70	75.40	76.80	78.08	79.00	77.56
Thu 02-May-13	73.50	76.65	74.50	75.00	75.00	75.38	78.80	79.70	82.00	83.51
Thu 09-May-13	75.10	76.22	77.60	77.03	78.50	77.88	83.90	87.57	90.80	87.15
Thu 16-May-13	78.10	77.25	81.50	78.21	80.90	80.54	89.30	101.10	92.50	85.64
Thu 23-May-13	78.60	78.37	80.50	78.09	81.30	79.53	94.20	86.80	90.30	78.24
Thu 30-May-13	78.40	78.36	79.80	77.90	81.40	78.43	92.60	82.64	87.60	73.33
Thu 06-Jun-13	78.70	78.91	80.50	78.17	81.60	78.16	92.40	83.64	86.60	76.00
Thu 13-Jun-13	77.80	78.32	78.90	77.45	80.60	76.84	90.20	79.79	86.00	77.78
Thu 20-Jun-13	80.10	78.00	81.00	76.50	82.00	79.30	86.20	76.78	88.10	79.78
Thu 27-Jun-13	77.80	76.96	78.10	76.22	79.40	76.41	82.40	75.29	85.70	77.93
Thu 04-Jul-13	79.80	78.53	81.30	77.56	81.80	76.93	82.70	77.19	88.70	80.47
Thu 11-Jul-13	84.60	84.52	86.30	82.08	85.80	82.51	85.00	83.36	93.40	87.07
Thu 18-Jul-13	87.10	86.48	87.80	82.88	87.80	84.45	86.70	85.15	93.90	82.94
Thu 25-Jul-15	84.40	81.63	84.80	79.09	85.40	81.21	84.10	82.55	89.90	79.53
Thu 01-Aug-13	83.20	83.68	84.00	80.06	84.10	81.93	82.00	84.32	89.50	79.81
Thu 08-Aug-13	82.30	79.58	82.20	76.89	82.60	78.85	81.10	78.95	87.00	75.45
Thu 15-Aug-13	84.20	83.01	84.40	80.94	84.20	81.32	81.20	82.30	88.50	76.76
Thu 22-Aug-13	83.90	83.75	84.00	82.03	83.50	82.16	80.90	84.32	86.40	76.73
Thu 29-Aug-13	88.90	87.42	88.30	85.55	88.10	86.41	83.40	89.62	88.90	80.31
Thu 05-Sep-13	86.70	84.77	86.20	83.13	85.90	84.03	83.20	86.81	86.50	79.97
Thu 12-Sep-13	81.00	79.52	80.90	77.16	82.90	78.97	79.20	79.37	84.00	78.65
Thu 19-Sep-13	79.70	73.77	80.20	73.60	81.60	75.45	77.10	77.32	83.70	74.59
Thu 26-Sep-13	77.40	75.99	77.00	74.69	78.70	75.25	76.50	76.96	80.90	74.43
Thu 03-Oct-13	76.50	73.93	76.00	74.33	77.80	74.45	75.60	77.48	79.10	73.09
Thu 10-Oct-13	77.00	76.23	76.40	75.22	78.20	75.24	76.20	79.28	76.80	71.32
Thu 17-Oct-13	78.80	75.48	78.00	75.66	79.80	75.64	77.80	77.39	78.30	68.82
Thu 24-Oct-13	76.30	73.26	74.20	72.60	76.40	76.40	75.10	74.67	75.20	68.55
Thu 31-Oct-13	78.40	74.83	77.40	75.50	78.90	74.66	75.90	73.89	75.50	69.29
Thu 07-Nov-13	76.50	73.29	75.40	73.47	77.70	73.62	73.10	70.87	73.90	67.58
Thu 14-Nov-13	78.50	78.01	77.70	77.49	78.90	78.23	74.80	73.14	74.60	71.77
Thu 21-Nov-13	80.00	80.43	77.80	77.74	79.80	77.16	75.30	74.96	73.50	69.75
Thu 28-Nov-13	81.30	78.79	80.20	79.06	81.60	79.32	75.50	73.46	74.60	70.20
Thu 05-Dec-13	81.30	81.98	81.70	80.77	81.90	79.95	74.00	73.04	74.70	71.18
Thu 12-Dec-13	79.30	80.57	80.00	80.76	79.60	79.52	72.30	67.30	73.60	69.01
Thu 19-Dec-13	80.60	80.41	80.60	80.76	79.80	81.20	69.40	74.95	74.60	71.49
Thu 26-Dec-13	82.50	82.08	84.20	81.35	82.80	82.75	72.70	77.90	77.80	73.92
Thu 02-Jan-14	83.00	81.60	83.90	81.26	82.40	81.49	72.90	77.05	77.80	72.33
Thu 09-Jan-14	81.80	79.89	81.30	81.25	80.00	81.12	72.60	77.50	75.40	69.37
Thu 16-Jan-14	79.90	78.10	80.80	80.69	79.20	80.27	73.60	78.54	74.50	69.50
Thu 23-Jan-14	83.30	81.27	82.50	80.86	81.50	84.27	75.20	81.56	77.80	72.04
Thu 30-Jan-14	83.60	81.57	82.50	81.27	81.60	84.27	75.90	82.75	77.20	72.24
Thu 06-Feb-14	83.00	81.77	81.00	79.85	80.60	82.00	75.00	82.38	76.40	73.02
Thu 13-Feb-14	85.40	84.58	83.50	82.68	83.50	83.54	77.70	86.24	79.80	74.26
Thu 20-Feb-14	87.30	87.33	84.90	85.83	85.20	88.00	79.60	89.82	80.40	76.56
Thu 27-Feb-14	87.60	87.64	84.60	86.29	85.70	87.43	83.00	89.92	82.60	80.13
Thu 06-Mar-14	85.10	84.56	83.30	84.37	84.20	85.84	84.10	91.11	84.80	81.55
Thu 13-Mar-14	85.90	84.97	83.80	85.80	83.50	86.75	85.30	91.48	85.40	82.23
Thu 20-Mar-14	84.20	86.34	82.40	86.82	82.10	87.62	85.00	91.13	85.70	84.11
Thu 27-Mar-14	83.40	84.62	84.62	84.72	82.80	87.34	85.90	90.80	86.80	85.82
Thu 03-Apr-14	81.90	82.99	83.10	83.94	82.50	87.19	85.30	90.11	85.90	83.37
Thu 10-Apr-14	86.70	82.53	86.50	85.36	86.00	95.70	88.00	91.01	89.40	86.71
Thu 17-Apr-14	90.60	88.47	87.90	88.00	88.70	97.62	88.80	90.24	91.20	88.76
Thu 24-Apr-14	91.30	91.03	90.10	89.26	91.40	99.92	90.50	92.66	94.50	88.79
Thu 01-May-14	87.60	88.06	87.00	86.18	88.80	87.36	88.70	88.15	91.30	83.13
Thu 08-May-14	86.90	87.20	84.80	83.61	86.60	89.49	86.60	87.11	91.00	84.56

Sources: NRCan, Bloomberg Oil Buyers Guide

Gasoline Refining and Marketing Margins

Four-week rolling averages are used for gasoline refining and marketing margins.

Overall, refining margins have increased steadily in the last nine weeks. This is a reflection of the supply constraints in gasoline production, and a drawdown of gasoline inventories throughout North America as demand rises with the beginning of the summer driving season and the switch to more costly summer-grade gasoline.

Refining margins are slightly higher by less than 1 cent per litre at the national level, compared to the same period last year.

Nationally, marketing margins, defined as the pump price, excluding all taxes, minus the wholesale or rack price, rose to 9 cents per litre. This represents a 1 cent per litre increase from the same period last year. Marketing margins for the five centres registered between 7 and 10 cents per litre.

Figure 5: Gasoline Refining and Marketing Margins
(Four-Week Rolling Average Ending May 13, 2014)
^_________ Refining Margin _______ Marketing Margin

Text version

Figure 5

These graphs show the trend in refining and marketing costs and margins for selected centres in Canada and the national average.

4-week rolling average	Canada		Vancouver		Calgary		Toronto		Montreal		Halifax
	Marketing Margin	Refining Margin	Marketing Margin	Refining Margin	Marketing Margin	Refining Margin	Marketing Margin	Refining Margin	Marketing Margin	Refining Margin	Marketing Margin	Refining Margin
2012-01-03	6.1	10.4	6.9	14.1	4.6	13.9	6.9	13.0	1.9	7.1	7.3	4.4
2012-01-10	6.1	11.3	6.4	14.9	3.0	14.2	6.7	13.8	3.7	7.5	7.1	5.0
2012-01-17	6.5	11.8	6.4	15.4	4.0	14.1	6.9	14.5	5.1	8.7	7.2	6.0
2012-01-24	7.3	11.5	6.3	15.1	5.0	13.6	7.0	14.9	7.5	9.1	8.3	6.5
2012-01-31	7.6	12.3	6.7	16.6	5.0	15.0	7.4	17.3	8.0	10.6	8.2	8.1
2012-02-07	7.2	13.6	6.8	16.6	5.2	16.5	7.4	18.9	6.2	10.6	8.4	8.2
2012-02-14	7.0	15.2	6.8	17.4	4.8	17.9	7.3	20.8	6.1	10.3	7.8	8.4
2012-02-21	6.6	16.2	6.9	18.5	3.9	18.6	7.5	21.4	5.1	10.1	7.9	8.7
2012-02-28	6.8	16.9	6.8	19.3	3.9	17.7	7.3	20.3	6.5	8.8	8.0	8.2
2012-03-06	7.1	15.4	7.2	22.2	4.9	18.9	7.3	21.6	6.7	7.7	8.1	7.9
2012-03-13	7.3	16.2	7.5	26.6	5.6	22.4	7.4	23.8	6.9	6.9	8.4	7.6
2012-03-20	7.5	18.1	7.5	31.2	6.0	26.7	7.2	27.6	7.8	6.4	8.0	7.3
2012-03-27	6.9	20.1	7.1	36.2	5.6	31.9	6.9	32.5	6.3	6.9	8.0	7.7
2012-04-03	6.8	24.3	6.8	39.0	4.8	34.7	6.7	35.3	7.8	8.7	7.6	9.6
2012-04-10	7.1	25.8	7.1	38.3	5.8	34.4	6.8	36.2	7.4	10.4	8.4	11.4
2012-04-17	7.5	26.2	7.5	37.4	7.2	33.9	7.0	36.6	6.9	12.1	8.8	13.1
2012-04-24	8.0	25.7	7.4	34.4	9.0	31.8	6.7	34.9	7.6	12.4	10.0	13.3
2012-05-01	9.3	23.3	7.8	31.6	11.0	28.9	7.0	32.0	6.5	12.6	9.8	12.6
2012-05-08	8.7	21.7	7.2	31.0	10.5	27.3	6.9	29.5	6.6	12.0	9.8	11.3
2012-05-15	8.4	20.7	6.8	32.0	9.7	26.3	6.6	27.5	6.8	11.2	9.2	10.1
2012-05-22	8.0	20.6	7.0	33.2	8.6	26.3	7.0	27.0	5.9	11.4	7.8	9.7
2012-05-29	8.1	20.5	6.2	37.0	7.4	28.4	6.8	28.0	7.0	12.0	7.8	10.1
2012-06-05	8.0	21.8	6.1	38.6	7.1	30.0	6.5	28.5	6.3	13.2	7.6	10.9
2012-06-12	7.5	22.8	6.2	37.9	7.0	30.9	6.7	27.8	6.2	14.0	7.9	11.5
2012-06-19	7.8	23.3	6.7	38.0	6.3	32.5	6.7	27.5	8.0	15.3	8.3	12.9
2012-06-26	7.6	23.7	6.8	35.7	6.8	32.5	6.6	26.5	6.9	15.2	8.4	12.9
2012-07-03	7.3	23.7	7.0	34.9	6.5	33.0	6.1	27.0	6.6	14.8	7.3	12.1
2012-07-10	7.0	24.5	6.6	35.3	6.3	34.4	5.3	29.0	7.4	14.7	6.4	11.8
2012-07-17	6.6	25.8	5.9	34.9	7.0	34.0	4.9	30.9	6.3	14.0	6.2	10.7
2012-07-24	7.1	25.9	6.7	35.0	6.6	34.6	5.4	32.5	7.7	13.6	6.9	10.3
2012-07-31	7.6	26.1	6.6	34.3	6.2	34.6	5.8	33.3	9.0	13.4	7.5	10.4
2012-08-07	7.5	26.6	6.8	32.0	5.3	33.2	6.3	32.7	8.1	13.5	7.6	9.9
2012-08-14	7.6	25.4	7.1	30.2	5.5	32.4	6.7	31.2	8.2	13.0	8.4	9.3
2012-08-21	7.2	24.5	7.1	27.9	6.1	30.7	6.3	29.3	6.9	12.8	8.4	8.8
2012-08-28	6.5	23.9	7.1	26.4	6.0	30.0	5.8	28.8	5.8	13.6	8.2	9.9
2012-09-04	6.5	22.7	7.1	25.2	6.5	29.7	5.5	27.9	6.1	13.4	9.6	10.9
2012-09-11	5.6	23.3	7.0	23.6	5.3	29.3	4.8	28.3	4.2	15.9	8.4	13.5
2012-09-18	6.1	23.3	7.2	22.8	5.9	30.1	5.4	28.8	4.8	17.3	9.0	15.8
2012-09-25	6.5	22.9	7.0	22.3	6.2	30.4	5.7	27.6	5.4	16.4	8.8	16.4
2012-10-02	5.9	24.2	6.3	23.3	6.0	31.2	5.3	28.3	4.3	18.7	7.0	18.5
2012-10-09	6.6	23.8	5.7	25.6	6.9	31.1	5.4	27.5	6.1	17.4	8.4	17.9
2012-10-16	6.7	22.9	4.7	26.6	7.3	29.3	5.2	26.3	6.8	15.7	8.0	16.6
2012-10-23	7.5	20.4	5.1	24.4	9.1	25.9	5.5	23.7	7.2	14.0	9.3	14.3
2012-10-30	8.5	17.2	5.5	21.6	11.4	22.0	5.5	20.9	8.6	10.3	9.3	10.3
2012-11-06	8.3	14.8	5.1	18.7	12.4	20.3	5.1	20.8	7.9	9.6	8.5	8.6
2012-11-13	7.3	15.1	5.4	17.2	11.5	19.3	4.6	21.7	5.2	10.4	6.7	8.7
2012-11-20	6.3	16.8	5.1	18.2	9.4	20.0	4.1	24.4	4.7	10.8	6.1	8.9
2012-11-27	6.0	17.2	5.0	18.7	7.3	21.2	4.9	25.5	4.4	10.8	7.4	8.9
2012-12-04	6.2	17.2	4.8	20.1	5.8	21.8	5.8	25.7	5.5	9.9	7.5	8.6
2012-12-11	6.5	16.3	4.3	19.3	5.5	21.0	6.1	24.0	6.9	7.9	9.1	6.3
2012-12-18	6.7	16.6	3.6	23.2	5.8	24.0	7.1	27.1	6.5	7.8	8.0	6.0
2012-12-25	6.4	17.7	3.0	25.6	5.8	24.4	6.8	28.8	5.4	7.5	7.4	5.8
2013-01-01	6.2	18.6	2.8	25.9	6.1	23.1	7.1	28.9	3.6	7.3	7.7	5.6
2013-01-08	6.4	19.0	2.7	24.5	6.0	19.8	7.1	27.6	4.4	8.0	7.5	6.6
2013-01-15	6.5	17.5	3.5	22.2	5.9	16.3	6.8	25.5	4.6	8.2	8.5	7.2
2013-01-22	6.9	15.6	4.4	20.2	6.3	14.3	7.0	23.9	5.5	8.3	8.5	7.6
2013-01-29	6.9	15.0	4.2	16.8	5.8	11.0	6.5	20.7	7.7	8.4	7.6	7.9
2013-02-05	7.0	14.6	4.2	18.2	6.4	12.3	6.8	21.1	8.1	9.5	7.1	9.2
2013-02-12	6.8	16.2	3.4	22.2	6.4	16.1	6.9	23.6	7.8	9.4	7.1	9.1
2013-02-19	6.4	18.5	2.4	25.6	6.2	19.9	6.8	25.7	7.0	11.0	7.4	10.8
2013-02-26	6.6	20.8	3.4	31.1	6.3	26.0	7.0	30.0	6.3	13.7	8.6	13.6
2013-03-05	6.7	22.7	4.7	32.0	5.2	27.8	7.0	30.1	6.7	13.9	9.3	14.0
2013-03-12	6.8	23.3	5.8	32.1	4.7	28.9	7.1	29.7	6.8	14.3	9.0	14.6
2013-03-19	7.2	23.1	7.0	31.5	5.1	29.1	7.4	29.4	6.8	12.3	9.1	12.8
2013-03-26	7.5	21.7	7.3	27.8	6.0	26.5	7.8	26.4	6.7	12.3	9.0	12.9
2013-04-02	7.1	20.9	6.9	26.5	6.4	25.8	7.5	25.6	5.2	12.6	8.4	12.9
2013-04-09	7.3	19.4	6.8	24.2	7.4	23.6	6.8	24.1	5.7	13.2	9.2	12.6
2013-04-16	7.8	17.9	6.9	22.7	7.7	21.6	6.7	22.2	7.2	11.6	10.1	10.5
2013-04-23	7.9	17.6	7.0	23.6	7.3	22.4	6.6	22.5	8.4	12.6	9.5	11.1
2013-04-30	8.2	17.6	7.2	24.1	7.4	22.9	6.8	22.2	9.5	12.2	9.2	10.6
2013-05-07	7.8	17.9	6.8	24.4	5.6	23.0	6.9	20.1	9.9	12.1	8.3	10.3
2013-05-14	7.4	19.2	6.7	27.0	4.4	25.1	6.9	19.3	10.2	12.4	7.8	10.2
2013-05-21	6.6	20.7	6.3	29.2	4.1	28.2	7.0	19.6	7.7	13.4	7.6	10.7
2013-05-28	6.7	21.3	6.3	31.3	5.4	32.2	7.0	20.8	6.9	13.8	8.1	10.9
2013-06-04	7.0	22.6	6.6	31.4	7.2	35.6	7.2	22.0	6.3	13.7	8.4	11.2
2013-06-11	7.3	23.3	6.8	29.9	8.5	36.8	7.2	22.9	6.4	13.9	8.1	11.8
2013-06-04	7.0	22.6	6.6	31.4	7.2	35.6	7.2	22.0	6.3	13.7	8.4	11.2
2013-06-11	7.3	23.3	6.8	29.9	8.5	36.8	7.2	22.9	6.4	13.9	8.1	11.8
2013-06-18	8.5	22.7	7.5	29.4	9.9	36.5	7.4	23.5	9.0	13.0	8.2	11.5
2013-06-25	8.7	22.2	7.5	29.0	10.4	34.3	7.6	23.4	8.8	12.4	8.3	11.5
2013-07-02	8.8	21.4	7.8	27.3	10.9	29.8	7.7	21.4	7.7	11.7	8.1	11.0
2013-07-09	8.6	21.3	7.6	27.5	10.8	26.9	7.5	21.2	7.5	12.1	7.2	11.7
2013-07-16	7.9	19.3	7.3	24.9	9.3	21.9	7.2	18.2	6.3	12.1	6.9	11.9
2013-07-23	7.8	18.3	8.0	23.9	8.0	20.3	7.0	17.8	7.0	12.7	7.4	12.5
2013-07-30	7.9	17.5	8.2	24.0	7.4	19.6	7.1	18.0	8.0	14.0	8.0	13.8
2013-08-06	7.6	17.4	8.2	23.6	6.2	19.4	6.9	18.2	7.1	14.5	9.0	14.4
2013-08-13	7.8	16.4	8.4	22.8	6.2	18.9	7.2	17.9	6.8	13.4	9.7	13.2
2013-08-20	7.9	16.1	8.0	23.0	6.9	18.6	7.3	17.8	6.6	12.7	8.8	12.7
2013-08-27	7.8	16.2	8.0	20.5	6.8	16.7	7.4	16.4	6.6	11.3	8.0	11.5
2013-09-03	7.9	15.2	8.1	19.5	7.2	16.4	7.3	16.5	6.9	11.4	8.1	11.7
2013-09-10	8.0	14.6	7.8	18.9	7.6	16.7	7.3	17.3	7.5	10.4	8.8	10.8
2013-09-17	8.2	14.0	7.6	17.7	7.1	15.6	7.9	16.7	7.2	9.1	9.1	9.4
2013-09-24	8.6	12.7	7.2	19.3	7.8	17.1	8.1	18.0	7.8	9.1	9.7	9.4
2013-10-01	8.8	12.1	7.0	18.4	8.4	16.3	8.6	16.8	7.4	7.3	9.2	7.9
2013-10-08	8.5	12.2	6.7	18.9	8.5	17.2	8.4	17.1	7.4	5.9	8.1	6.6
2013-10-15	7.8	12.5	6.2	18.2	7.5	17.8	7.6	17.2	7.3	5.1	7.0	6.1
2013-10-22	7.3	13.2	5.9	18.8	7.3	20.0	7.4	18.8	6.9	5.1	6.8	6.3
2013-10-29	7.3	13.9	5.7	18.1	7.8	20.1	6.9	19.1	7.6	5.1	6.7	6.3
2013-11-05	7.8	13.6	5.9	18.8	8.9	21.3	7.2	20.8	8.4	5.7	7.3	6.9
2013-11-12	7.8	14.5	6.0	18.5	9.5	21.2	7.4	21.2	7.6	6.0	7.4	7.0
2013-11-19	7.6	16.2	6.1	21.9	7.7	24.7	7.3	25.6	8.3	5.9	6.6	7.0
2013-11-26	7.6	17.8	5.8	23.7	7.2	26.9	7.9	28.3	8.8	6.8	6.6	7.8
2013-12-03	7.0	19.9	4.9	24.8	6.1	28.1	7.7	30.5	7.3	5.9	6.1	6.9
2013-12-10	7.3	20.2	4.5	24.3	6.1	27.8	7.9	30.9	8.3	6.2	6.9	7.0
2013-12-17	7.8	18.9	4.3	22.2	8.2	24.6	7.8	28.9	8.0	6.1	8.0	6.4
2013-12-24	7.2	18.4	4.7	22.3	7.6	22.9	7.7	28.5	5.6	6.8	7.6	6.5
2013-12-31	7.5	18.1	5.7	23.0	8.1	22.0	8.1	28.3	6.3	8.0	7.6	7.1
2014-01-07	7.7	16.4	5.2	20.8	7.6	18.6	7.4	25.3	4.7	8.1	6.3	7.4
2014-01-14	7.3	16.7	5.5	21.2	6.8	19.7	7.6	25.6	4.1	8.7	5.8	8.1
2014-01-21	7.9	16.3	5.2	20.1	7.0	19.4	7.6	24.3	6.4	8.1	6.6	7.7
2014-01-28	7.9	15.6	6.6	20.1	6.7	20.1	8.7	24.1	7.8	6.9	7.4	6.7
2014-02-04	7.6	16.1	5.5	20.0	6.7	21.3	8.0	24.2	8.2	6.5	8.1	6.7
2014-02-11	7.3	16.4	5.0	16.9	6.1	18.0	8.0	20.7	7.8	6.5	7.6	7.3
2014-02-18	7.0	15.0	4.6	16.4	6.7	17.7	7.9	20.3	6.6	7.2	7.6	8.7
2014-02-25	6.5	14.3	4.3	12.5	6.5	14.3	7.8	16.8	5.1	8.2	7.4	10.2
2014-03-04	6.3	14.1	4.0	11.8	6.7	13.3	7.2	15.0	5.0	9.1	7.4	11.6
2014-03-11	6.7	12.6	4.7	14.0	7.3	16.0	7.1	16.0	5.3	9.1	8.8	11.2
2014-03-18	7.1	13.3	5.9	15.3	6.5	17.9	7.6	15.7	6.3	8.5	9.6	10.4
2014-03-25	7.7	14.3	6.8	19.7	7.4	22.1	7.8	18.0	6.6	8.4	9.6	9.7
2014-04-01	8.1	15.1	8.3	21.5	7.3	24.1	8.4	18.9	7.0	8.4	9.4	8.7
2014-04-08	8.1	16.6	8.3	22.4	8.1	24.5	8.5	19.0	6.8	9.5	8.4	9.3
2014-04-15	7.8	18.2	8.5	23.7	9.0	24.9	8.4	20.3	5.8	11.1	7.1	11.0
2014-04-22	7.8	18.9	8.6	24.4	8.5	25.2	8.6	21.3	5.7	11.5	7.2	12.1
2014-04-29	8.0	20.0	8.7	26.0	9.3	26.1	8.7	23.0	5.9	12.2	8.2	13.2
2014-05-06	8.4	20.3	9.0	26.7	9.6	26.3	8.8	23.7	6.4	12.3	9.4	14.0
2014-05-13	8.7	19.8	8.4	27.4	9.9	26.0	8.5	23.5	7.4	11.5	10.0	13.3

Source: NRCan

Crude Oil Overview

Global Crude Oil Prices Decline

For the week ending May 9, 2014, crude oil prices averaged between $641 and $739/m³ ($US94 to $US108 per barrel). All three crude oil benchmark prices moved downward in the range of less than $1/m³ to $9/m³ ($US+0.65 to $US-0.54 per barrel) for the week under review.

The price differential between Brent and WTI stood at $53/m³ ($US3 per barrel). The Canadian Light Sweet differential with Brent stood at $97/m³ ($US14 per barrel) during the same period.

Brent crude oil prices declined on concerns that the Russian-Ukraine conflict could push Russia to reduce oil exports if Western European sanctions are imposed.

U.S. crude oil inventories remain at a relatively high level with the increasing U.S. tight oil production further moderating crude oil prices.

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Figure 6

This graph shows crude oil prices for Edmonton Par, WTI and Brent. The average weekly prices for the period ending May 9, 2014, were $642/cubic metres, $686/cubic metres and $739/cubic metres for Edmonton Par, WTI and Brent, respectively.

Date	Edmonton Par Prices	WTI Prices	Brent Prices
01/12	608.11	639.88	709.45
02/12	594.50	640.89	750.59
03/12	538.60	663.34	780.71
04/12	528.21	644.60	751.91
05/12	548.81	601.64	704.10
06/12	507.78	532.76	618.43
07/12	477.07	560.69	659.07
08/12	544.82	587.49	707.75
09/12	570.15	582.08	697.56
10/12	578.61	555.66	694.60
11/12	539.87	543.52	686.30
12/12	467.14	549.56	680.33
01/13	549.97	592.14	699.83
02/13	553.76	605.29	736.06
03/13	560.66	598.93	705.36
04/13	571.20	590.06	663.78
05/13	598.81	608.31	662.59
06/13	577.25	630.51	680.52
07/13	664.03	685.36	703.73
08/13	665.21	697.44	722.47
09/13	647.06	691.84	723.16
10/13	592.41	655.54	713.92
11/13	511.65	620.13	711.21
12/13	524.69	655.42	740.65
01/14	561.87	651.27	735.43
02/14	665.35	699.89	756.56
03/14	655.67	701.90	752.47
04/14	647.62	704.92	747.57
May 2, 2014	641.78	691.64	747.87
May 9, 2014	641.63	685.59	738.85

Sources: NRCan

Changes in Crude Oil Prices

Crude Oil Types	Week Ending: 2014-05-09		Change From: Previous Week		Change From: Last Year
	$Can/ m3	$US/ bbl	$Can/ m3	$US/ bbl	$Can/ m3	$US/ bbl
Edmonton Par	641.63	93.59	-0.15	+0.65	+47.25	-0.34
WTI	685.59	100.00	-6.04	-0.16	+77.07	+3.83
Brent	738.85	107.77	-9.02	-0.54	+77.49	+3.25

Source: NRCan

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