{
  "id": 3350648,
  "title": "U.S. Refiners Face New Crude Squeeze as Canada Cuts Oil Sands Output",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/u-s-refiners-face-new-crude-squeeze-as-canada-cuts-oil-sands-output",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-25T21:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "OilPrice",
    "slug": "oilprice",
    "url": "https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/US-Refiners-Face-New-Crude-Squeeze-as-Canada-Cuts-Oil-Sands-Output.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "U.S. refineries have been running at full speed for months to make up for lost fuel supply from the Middle East. Fuel exports from the United States have been breaking records. This may be about to change, and not because of the war. It is oil sands maintenance season in Canada. In September, Canadian crude oil production may drop by 300,000 barrels daily due to maintenance activities in the oil…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}