Some Oil in Canada Has Already Tumbled Below $10 a Barrel

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The price drop is another blow to Canadian oil-sands producers.

Photographer: Brent Lewin
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As global oil benchmarks crash below $25 a barrel, some crude from Canada is already trading below $10 for the first time ever.

Heavy Canadian crude, which typically trades at a discount to U.S. West Texas Intermediate oil, is tumbling after the country’s oil-sands producers were forced to delay maintenance, pushing more supply into the market at the worst possible time.