I here ConocoPhillips is not interested in reversing the Seaway pipeline. So we have oil flowing into Cushing from the gulf, but we need the excess oil to flow towards the gulf where all the refineries are. That's what I read in an article explaining why there is such a big difference between the WTI and Brent.
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...the spread between Gulf Coast oil prices (such as Louisiana Light Sweet) and West Texas Intermediate (at Cushing, OK) remains wide. The March LLS-WTI spread is $14.42/bbl, and is above $10/bbl through October, 2011. The key to restoring spreads to more typical levels is breaking the logistical bottleneck south of Cushing, thereby permitting Canadian oil that is weighing on prices in the Midcontinent to flow to the Gulf. The extension of the Keystone pipeline will help do that, but not for a couple of years. Another way to ease the logjam is to reverse the Seaway Pipeline, now flowing from the Gulf to Cushing, to carry crude in the opposite direction...
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