Shipments of Canadian oil to US refiners were thrown into disarray by a pipeline disruption just days after President Biden’s unsuccessful visit to Saudi Arabia. Shipments of Canadian oil to US refiners were thrown into disarray by a pipeline disruption just days after President Joe Biden’s unsuccessful bid to coax more crude out of Saudi Arabia. The force majeure declared by TC Energy Corp. on some crude flows through its massive Keystone pipeline prompted traders and refiners to bid up the price of a crucial grade of oil, potentially adding to already rampant energy inflation. The disruption triggered by a power outage at a pump station in South Dakota — where temperatures topped more than 100 Fahrenheit (38 Celsius), or 20 degrees above normal — came after Biden returned from a meeting with Saudi royalty without any pledges to immediately expand crude supplies. The leader of the world’s largest […]