Palisades Gold Radio · Friday, July 17, 2026

Western Canadian Select Differentials Widen Significantly

Rory Johnston highlights a significant widening of Western Canadian Select (WCS) differentials against WTI. WCS fell from a $3 discount to WTI to a $9 discount, indicating weaker demand or increased supply for this grade.

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“whether I'm in Canada so I spend a lot of time watching Western Canadian select and kind of Canadian heavy crude differentials and those in Houston fell from a $3 discount to WTI which is pretty strong to a $9 discount to WTI which was pretty strong”

Heard on Palisades Gold Radio — “Rory Johnston: What Everyone Is Getting Wrong About The Oil Price Amidst Iran War”, published Friday, July 17, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.

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