MARKET ANALYSIS
AS PREPARED BY COMMISSION STAFF
September 28, 2012

 

The following analysis has been used by the Commission as part of its price adjustment methodology and is provided here to assist the public in understanding some of the background factors influencing current market prices.

 
 

Crude Track:
  Recent WTI Crude (US$/bbl)
 

Sep 17

$96.62
 

Sep 18

$96.29
 

Sep 19

$91.98
 

Sep 20

$91.87
 

Sep 21

$92.89
 

Sep 24

$91.93
 

Sep 25

$91.37
 

Sep 26

$89.98
 

Sep 27

$91.85
 Average Brent Crude for September: $112.91
 
  Average Average Average
  2012 2011 2010
January  $100.51  $89.44  $78.40
February  $102.26  $88.83  $76.16
March  $106.36  $102.74  $81.12
April  $103.18  $109.67  $84.46
May  $ 95.47  $101.29  $74.14
June  $ 82.28  $96.40  $75.39
July  $ 87.93  $97.43  $73.95
August  $ 94.05  $86.23  $77.00
September  $ 94.74  $86.13  $75.55
October   $86.10  $81.99
November   $96.86  $84.25
December   $98.51  $89.09
         
  US $
Per Barrel		 CDN  Cents
Per Litre		 CDN Cents
Per Litre		 CDN Cents
Per Litre
  CRUDE RUL F/O DIESEL
Sep 26/12 $ 89.98 133.0 105.3 130.5
Sep 26/11 $ 80.24 120.6 99.9 123.9
YOY Diff. +9.74 +12.4 +5.4 +6.6
% Change +12.0% +10.3% +5.4% +5.3%

Note:

Legend:
DOE Department of Energy
RUL Regular Unleaded Gasoline
F/O Furnace Oil
WTI West Texas Intermediate