MARKET ANALYSIS
AS PREPARED BY COMMISSION STAFF
October 31, 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)
 

Oct 18

$92.10
 

Oct 19

$90.05
 

Oct 22

$88.73
 

Oct 23

$86.67
 

Oct 24

$85.73
 

Oct 25

$86.05
 

Oct 26

$86.28
 

Oct 29

$85.54
 

Oct 30

$85.68
 Average Brent Crude for Oct: $111.58
 
  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  $ 89.72 $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
Oct 30/12 $ 85.68 121.0 109.3 134.7
Oct 30/11 $ 93.19 121.7 102.4 128.6
YOY Diff. -7.51 -0.7 +6.9 +6.1
% Change -8.1% -0.6% +6.7% +4.7%
 

Note:

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