Latest News Updates From Robert Tuttle

Government, Business, Safety, Fuel

Keystone Oil Pipeline Is Shut After a Spill in North Dakota

South Bow’s Keystone oil pipeline has been shut after a spill in southeast North Dakota, according to an official with the state Department of Environmental Quality.

April 8, 2025
Government, Business, Fuel

Surge in Canadian Crude Signals Tariff Worry Is Waning

Concern about U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to impose tariffs on U.S. imports of Canadian oil is waning as the duties’ start date keeps getting pushed back.

March 10, 2025
Government, Business, Fuel

Trump’s Tariffs Will Include Oil, Alberta Premier Warns

Canadians should be prepared to face U.S. tariffs once Donald Trump assumes the presidency next week, with no exemptions for oil, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith warned.

January 13, 2025
Government, Business, Fuel

Canada’s Stalled Oil Pipeline Set for First Crude Deliveries

Canada’s biggest new oil pipeline in more than a decade will begin filling with crude within weeks, according to MEG Energy Corp.

March 1, 2024
Government, Business, Fuel

Keystone Has Leaked More Oil Than Any Other US Pipeline Since 2010

The early December oil spill in Kansas means that TC Energy Corp.’s Keystone pipeline has now leaked more crude oil than any other conduit on U.S. land in the past 12 years.

December 12, 2022
Government, Business, Technology

Port Traffic Jam May Be to Blame in California Oil Spill

An unremitting shipping logjam in the waters outside of Los Angeles already has contributed to higher costs, delays and intermittent goods shortages across the U.S. Now, it could be to blame for California’s biggest oil spill in 27 years.

October 7, 2021
Government, Business, Fuel, Logistics

Chinese Revival Draws Rare Shipments of Alaskan, Canadian Oil

Canadian and Alaskan crude that normally travels to the U.S. West Coast is finding a market in China, where demand is almost back to pre-pandemic levels.

May 20, 2020
Government, Business, Fuel

Oil Drops to 18-Year Low on Record Demand Collapse

Oil plunged to the lowest in two decades amid a record collapse in U.S. fuel demand and the biggest-ever weekly build in domestic crude supplies.

April 15, 2020
Government, Business, Fuel

Canadian Crude Now Costs More to Ship Than to Buy

Canadian heavy crude has become so cheap that the cost of shipping it to refineries exceeds the value of the oil itself, a situation that may result in even more oil-sands producers shutting operations.

March 27, 2020
Government, Business, Fuel

Canadian Oil Prices Bounce Back From One-Year Low

Canadian crude rebounded from a one-year low after inventories fell and Alberta’s premier pledged to defend prices.

January 29, 2020