Pipeline transportation of crude oil and refined petroleum products, August 2014
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Released: 2014-10-20
Canadian pipelines received 87.4 million cubic metres of crude oil and condensates, and other liquefied petroleum products in August, up 4.8% from the same month in 2013. Deliveries increased 6.1% to 87.6 million cubic metres.
Chart 1
Total receipts and deliveries, including transfers, of crude oil and condensates, and other liquefied petroleum products
Receipts from processing plants increase
Receipts from processing plants increased by 13.5% in August to 17.9 million cubic metres. The receipts from refineries and bulk plants rose 1.6% to 4.7 million cubic metres.
Receipts from fields increased 0.3% from August 2013 to 8.5 million cubic metres. Imports and receipts from other sources both decreased by 25.2%, as imports fell to 1.1 million cubic metres and receipts from other sources were down to 1.0 million cubic metres. The remaining 54.2 million cubic metres were in transfers from lines and provinces.
Deliveries to rail and other facilities grow
Deliveries to other destinations, such as rail terminals and ports, posted the largest percentage increase among all types of net deliveries. These deliveries grew by 37.9% to 2.6 million cubic metres. Exports by pipelines increased by 9.5% to 12.5 million cubic metres in August. Net deliveries to plants rose 6.9% to 12.4 million cubic metres in August. Meanwhile, deliveries to refineries fell 5.1% to 5.8 million cubic metres. The remaining 54.3 million cubic metres delivered were in transfers to lines and provinces.
Chart 2
Net deliveries of crude oil and condensates, and other liquefied petroleum products, by destination
Total product in inventories rose 0.5% from the same month last year to 18.2 million cubic metres at the end of August. The increase was mainly in inventories of Canadian product held in the United States, which rose 6.0% from August 2013 to 4.6 million cubic metres. Inventories held in Canada, in turn, decreased 1.2% to 13.7 million cubic metres.
Note to readers
This report covers the monthly activities of all pipelines in Canada receiving and delivering crude oils, liquefied petroleum gases (propane, butane and ethane) and refined petroleum products. These data are required for integration into the input-output sector of the Canadian System of National Accounts. Data are also intended for use by survey respondents, industry associations, industry analysts and the general public.
Oil pipelines total receipts includes receipts of products from fields, processing plants, refineries, imports, other sources, and transfers from provinces and other pipelines. Total deliveries include deliveries to refineries, plants, exports, other destinations, transfers to other provinces and other pipelines, inventory changes, and line losses and adjustments. Net receipts and net deliveries exclude transfers, inventory changes, and line losses and adjustments.
The difference between total receipts and deliveries is in inventory changes and line losses and adjustments applied to total deliveries.
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