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Narrowing heavy oil differential bodes well for Alberta's books - Western Standard

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Narrowing heavy oil differential bodes well for Alberta’s books | Alberta Report | westernstandard.news

Alberta’s not quite back in the black.

But despite lower than projected oil prices, the provincial budget should be in much better shape than either the benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) price or conventional wisdom would dictate when the province releases its fiscal first quarter numbers later this summer.

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