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1. Delaying pipeline projects leads to economic loss for Canadians

   Appeared in the Calgary Herald, July 20, 2016 In a recently released study, we reviewed the economic consequences of insufficient pipeline capacity to ship western Canadian crude oil to refiners in the U.S. Gulf Coast and to ocean ports with access to ...

2. The Costs of Pipeline Obstructionism

   This paper reviews how Western Canadian oil producers are being con­strained by the inability to access new markets via ocean ports and how this constraint, along with the drop in oil prices, the Alberta ceiling on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in oil ...

3. 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 ...

4. Global Petroleum Survey 2013

   This report presents the results of the Fraser Institute’s 7th 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. ...

5. Canadian Oil Transport Conundrum

   Recent events have elevated the importance of how we transport energy—specifically oil—to high profile status. The long-stalled approval of the Keystone XL pipeline is probably the highest profile political event that has caused oil transport to surge to ...

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

   Appeared in the Guelph Mercury, Hamilton Spectator, Stratford Beacon Herald and Winnipeg Free Press 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 ...

7. Canada as an emerging energy superproducer

   Canada as An Emerging Energy Superproducer explores the meaning of the term "energy superpower" and whether Canada could become an energy superpower or a superproducer of energy. It also examines how Canada's energy resources, production, ...

8. Laying the Groundwork for BC LNG Exports to Asia

   Use of Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) has been growing rapidly in the Asia-Pacific region, mainly as an energy source for electric generation but also for distribution to residential, commercial, and industrial consumers. Growth in LNG use has been strongest ...

9. China National Oil Company Takeover of Nexen Will Be Costly for Canada

   Appeared in the Hamilton Spectator, Vancouver Sun, Victoria Times Colonist, Huffington Post, New Brunswick Telegraph Journal, Saskatoon Star Phoenix and Woodstock Sentinel Review The proposed sale of Nexen Inc. to China National Offshore Oil Company ...

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

    Appeared in La Presse 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. Quebec ranks 101st out of 147 jurisdictions around the world in terms of ...