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Marketlink crude line to cut some rates from Cushing

Don Horne   

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TransCanada Corp’s Marketlink pipeline filed with U.S. energy regulators to cut certain spot rates to haul crude from Cushing, Ok., to Port Arthur and Houston, Texas, in a move expected to draw down inventories at the storage hub.

According to Reuters, the pipeline plans to reduce the temporary discounted spot rate to $3.60 per barrel from $3.875/bbl to ship light crude, while the temporary discounted spot rate to ship heavy crude would be cut to $4.32/bbl from $4.655.

Light crude from Cushing to Houston would cost $3.60/bbl compared with current $3.875/bbl; heavy crude would cost $4.32/bbl vs $4.655/bbl.

The drop in rates is effective Feb. 1, and is expected to boost flows out of the Midwest and keep the U.S. crude export window open, according to dealers.

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(Reuters)

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