oil and gas

Mai 28, 2013 2:00AM

Risks to Canada's Energy Security

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canadas energy security, energy, energy security, index of energy security risk, energy exports, oil and gas production, oil and gas, energy independence, security of energy supply

Mai 22, 2013 2:00AM

Not a superpower but Canada on the brink of becoming energy superproducer

Kenneth P. Green, Gerry Angevine

In a speech to the Canada-UK Chamber of Commerce in London on July 14, 2006, Prime Minister Stephen Harper referred to Canada as the emerging energy superpower that his government intends to build. The prime minister and Joe Oliver, minister of natural resources, have repeated this claim on various occasions since.

While the term energy superpower sounds exciting and important, that likely isnt where the country is heading (and likely not what we want to be). Rather, Canada is on track to become an energy superproducer if the right policy framework is in place.

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energy, energy superproducer, canada, energy superpower, petroleum industry, oil and gas, natural gas, energy production, crude oil, electricity

Avril 9, 2013 2:00AM

Quebec Proves Canada's Equalization Payments Are Not Always Equal

Kenneth P. Green

Michael Binnion, CEO of Questerre Energy and head of the Quebec Oil and Gas Association, has a great blog post up in which he discusses the impact that equalization payments have on Quebec's energy and natural resource policy.

Looking at Quebec's budget, Binnion observes:

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energy, government spending, equalization payments, quebec energy, natural resource policy, quebec, oil and gas, equalization, regulations, mining

Mars 14, 2013 3:00AM

Canada as an emerging energy superproducer

Gerry Angevine, Kenneth P. Green

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energy, natural gas, oil and gas, uranium mining, energy exports, energy resource, energy superproducer

Août 10, 2012 2:00AM

No room for complacency if Alberta wants to attract petroleum investment

Gerry Angevine

If you asked a typical Canadian to name the best place for investing in the petroleum industry, theyd likely say Alberta. But ask a typical petroleum executive, and the answer is quite different.

In recent years, executives responding to the Fraser Institutes annual Global Petroleum Survey have shied away from Alberta, a trend that began in 2009 when the province plummeted in terms of attractiveness for investment following introduction of the so-called New Royalty Framework.

Étiquettes:

petroleum investment, alberta, oil & gas, petroleum survey, petroleum industry, regulations, oil and gas

Juillet 20, 2012 2:00AM

Regulations need to change if Quebec wants to attract oil and gas investment

Gerry Angevine

When petroleum companies think about where to invest money in exploration and development of oil and gas, Quebec is far down the list of preferred destinations.

Étiquettes:

global petroleum survey, petroleum survey, oil and gas, oil and gas survey, energy, oil and gas investment

Juin 25, 2012 6:00PM