Canada’s Irving Turns to Newfoundland Oil on Iran Disruption
The Irving Oil Refinery in Saint John, New Brunswick, in 2025.
Photographer: Graham Hughes/BloombergCanada’s biggest refinery is turning to Newfoundland for crude for the first time since 2020 as the war on Iran cuts off Middle Eastern supplies.
Irving Oil Ltd. was granted permission by the Canadian Transportation Agency to use foreign tankers to shuttle 650,000 to 680,000 barrels of crude. The oil will be sent from the Whiffen Head terminal in Newfoundland and Labrador to its 320,000 barrel a day Saint John refinery in New Brunswick between April 25 and May 25, according to a notice. An email to Irving for comment was not immediately returned.