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1. 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 ...

2. Global Petroleum Survey 2018

   This report presents the results of the Fraser Institute’s 12th annual survey of petroleum industry executives and managers regarding barriers to investment in oil and gas exploration and production facilities in various jurisdictions around the globe. ...

3. Canada’s energy sector gets some gifts (and a lump of coal) in 2017

   Canada’s energy economy received several gifts in time for this holiday season. Some were good, some were, well, not so good. One of the gifts was from the National Energy Board, which finally exerted its federal authority to approve ...

4. Investor confidence plummets for British Columbia energy sector

   Appeared in the Vancouver Sun, November 29, 2017 Investor confidence in British Columbia’s energy sector is crucial, as the province is rich with vast natural gas resources. But according to this year’s Fraser Institute Global Petroleum Survey, B.C. ranks ...

5. Global Petroleum Survey 2017

   This report presents the results of the Fraser Institute’s 11th annual survey of petroleum industry executives and managers regarding barriers to investment in oil and gas exploration and production facilities in various jurisdictions around the globe. ...

6. Global Petroleum Survey 2016

   This report presents the results of the Fraser Institute’s 10th annual survey of petroleum industry executives and managers regarding barriers to investment in oil and gas exploration and production facilities in various jurisdictions around the globe. ...

7. Global Petroleum Survey 2015

   This report presents the results of the Fraser Institute’s 9th annual survey of petroleum industry executives and managers regarding barriers to investment in oil and gas exploration and production facilities in various jurisdictions around the globe. The ...

8. Investor Perceptions of Alberta's Oil and Gas Policy Changes

   Alberta’s new government has implemented, or plans to implement, many policy changes that will affect the oil and gas sector. Some of these changes include increases to the corporate income tax (CIT), increases in the carbon levy, and a panel review of ...

9. Global Petroleum Survey 2014

   The Fraser Institute’s 8th annual survey of petroleum industry executives shows that barriers to investment in oil and gas exploration and production facilities in various jurisdictions around the globe include high tax rates, costly regulatory ...

10. Energy projects offer First Nations road out of poverty

    Appeared in Waterloo Region Record The recent protests in New Brunswick against proposed hydraulic fracturing (fracking) has put a spotlight on the Elsipogtog (Elsi-book-took) First Nation, which has been extremely vocal in its opposition to proposed ...