The Financial Post reports in its Thursday, Sept. 18, edition that United States crude oil imports from Canada hit a record high of nearly three million barrels per day in the week ended Sept. 12, U.S. Energy Information Administration information showed on Wednesday. A Reuters dispatch to the Post reports that Canada exported 2.1 million barrels of crude to the U.S., a 20-per-cent increase from the same period a year earlier. Canada has been able to ship more crude to the United States as production in the oil sands rises despite tight capacity on pipelines, due in part to crude-by-rail. The National Energy Board said exports by rail averaged 163,000 barrels per day in the second quarter of 2014. Industry players expect that to rise after Gibson Energy started shipping crude on trains from Hardisty, Alta., and Canexus reopened its Bruderheim, Alta., unit-train terminal in September following a summer shutdown. Canada's largest pipeline company, Enbridge, is also pursuing a multibillion-dollar expansion program across all parts of its export network to boost capacity.
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