The discount of Western Canada Select (WCS) heavy crude to the North American benchmark West Texas Intermediate futures (WTI) widened on Wednesday:
* WCS for March delivery in Hardisty, Alberta, settled at $13.25 a barrel under WTI, according to brokerage CalRock, having ended at a $13 discount on Tuesday.
* The discount on Canadian heavy crude prices has been easing since February 5, when it sat at $14 a barrel under WTI.
* U.S. President Donald Trump paused his plan to impose a 10% levy on Canadian oil for 30 days on February 3, in return for concessions on border and crime enforcement.
* Canada exports approximately 4 million barrels of oil per day to the United States.
* Oil prices settled down more than 2% on Wednesday after Trump took the first big step toward diplomacy over the war in Ukraine he has promised to end, a war that has supported oil prices on concerns about global supplies.
(Reporting by Georgina McCartney in Houston; Editing by Mohammed Safi Shamsi)