Canada-To-Rockies Crude Flows Reshaping PADD 4 & Guernsey Market
A Multiclient study from RBN Energy and Plainview Energy Analytics
Canadian crude production continues to grow, and nearly every incremental barrel must find its way out of the country. As traditional export corridors face constraints, attention is shifting to an increasingly important alternative, the U.S. Rockies.
This new multiclient study examines the emerging role of the Rockies corridor and the Guernsey, WY hub as a key conduit for moving Canadian heavy crude toward downstream markets, including the Gulf Coast.
Drawing on detailed pipeline data, production forecasts, regional balances, and pricing analysis, the report explores how infrastructure, crude quality, and market dynamics are converging to reshape flows across North America.
As new projects are proposed and existing systems are pushed to their limits, the question is no longer whether this corridor will grow, but how quickly, and what it will mean for prices, capacity, and competition.
What You’ll Learn
- How Canadian production growth is forcing a reconfiguration of pipeline markets
- Why the Rockies corridor is becoming the path of least resistance
- The evolving role of Guernsey as a pricing and logistics hub
- Where pipeline bottlenecks are forming, and how they may be resolved
- How crude quality and refinery demand shape the destination of incremental barrels
- The risks and uncertainties that could alter the trajectory of this market
Roundabout Overview
Who Should Purchase and Why
To evaluate where new infrastructure, expansions, or optimization can capture value, particularly around Guernsey aggregation and outbound egress.
To identify arbitrage opportunities driven by Guernsey-Cushing spreads, heavy-light differentials, and shifting flow patterns between corridors.
To assess future availability and pricing of heavy crude feedstocks, especially as Canadian and Venezuelan barrels compete for Gulf Coast capacity.
To gauge risk and return across competing pipeline projects, infrastructure bottlenecks, and policy-driven uncertainty.
To understand how trade policy, permitting risk, and cross-border dynamics influence North American crude flows and infrastructure investment.
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