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1. Canada’s energy sector missing opportunities due to pipeline shortage

   To date, Canada’s energy sector has faced billion-dollar revenue losses due to insufficient pipeline capacity. And two announcements this week underscore how Canada is missing out on much-needed opportunities as a result. First, U.S. ...

2. B.C. pipeline protests a harbinger of things to come

   The pipeline has been described as an liquefied natural gas (LNG) pipeline, but according to the project website, it will transport regular slightly-pressurized natural gas to a LNG facility in Dawson Creek. The pipeline had successfully ...

3. Storm clouds on the horizon better than storm clouds overhead

   As 2018 draws to its end, there are dark clouds on the horizon. Interest rate increases spooking the stock market, the continuing trade skirmish between the United States and China (which threatens to become an all-out trade war almost ...

4. Government policy in 2019, particularly in Ottawa, will be crucial to resolving export constraints

   Albertans came into 2018 hoping for a continuation—or acceleration—of the province’s fragile economic recovery. With the province lingering below its pre-recession private-sector employment levels, economic growth is crucial to putting ...

5. Investment climate for B.C. energy sector remains dismal

   This year’s Global Petroleum Survey contains more bad news for the province of British Columbia. For the second straight year, B.C. is Canada’s least-attractive jurisdiction for oil and gas investment. And B.C.’s overall ranking remains ...

6. Increased crude-by-rail in Alberta comes with increased risks

   This week Alberta Premier Rachel Notley announced her government will purchase rail cars in an attempt to reduce the province’s transportation bottlenecks and help lower the massive oil price differential for Canadian heavy crude. ...

7. Morneau’s rhetoric on pipelines doesn’t match government’s record

   In a recent CTV interview, Finance Minister Bill Morneau rightly acknowledged the significant challenges facing the energy industry in Alberta and Saskatchewan. “We need to think about the long-term,” he said, “that’s why we’ve looked at ...

8. Trudeau sticking with Bill C-69

   In the Calgary Herald, Chris Varcoe recently reported that Alberta Environment Minister Shannon Phillips expressed concerns about federal Bill C-69, which would radically revise the process of environmental assessment for major ...

9. Canadian crude oil price differential continues to widen

   Before collapsing somewhat spectacularly in recent days, world oil prices rose significantly last month due to concerns over possible U.S. sanctions on Iran coupled with higher demand for fuel. However, the Canadian energy industry ...

10. With latest Keystone court ruling, the oil blockade continues

    With his recent ruling, which again delays TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline project pending further environmental review, Montana District Court Judge Brian Morris has thrown yet another wrench in the gears of Canada’s oil and gas ...