The discount on Western Canada Select (WCS) heavy crude versus the North American benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) widened on Wednesday:
* WCS for January delivery in Hardisty, Alberta settled at $12.45 a barrel under the WTI benchmark, according to brokerage CalRock, having settled at $12.25 a barrel under the U.S. benchmark on Tuesday.
* Global oil prices settled more than $1 higher after the European Union agreed to an additional round of sanctions threatening Russian oil flows that could tighten global crude supplies.
(Reporting by Nia Williams in British Columbia; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)