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1. Canada needs the Trans Mountain pipeline to access growing Asian markets

   Yesterday, only 11 days into the new year, the British Columbia government approved the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. The approval comes after the federal government gave its consent to the project at the end of last year. The ...

2. 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. ...

3. Prime Minister Trudeau emphasizes transport safety, environmental stewardship while greenlighting pipeline projects

   Yesterday the federal government approved two important infrastructure projects—the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and Enbridge’s Line 3 replacement—which will provide Canada with nearly one million barrels per day of additional ...

4. Emissions cap in Alberta—high cost, little benefit

   The Alberta government plans to cap greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the province at 100 megatonnes (Mt) annually. But before understanding the potential impacts of the cap, we need to understand how oilsands production might grow in ...

5. Oilsands emissions cap—high cost, little benefit

   The Alberta government is currently in the process of implementing a 100 megatonne cap on greenhouse (GHG) emissions from oilsands production. A recent Fraser Institute study finds that this policy could come at a high cost and result in ...

6. Oil production will continue to grow without pipelines

   Will Canada ever get another major pipeline to transport its oil to market? These days this is a pertinent question without an easy yes or no answer. Indeed, there’s currently political opposition from politicians of all stripes to every ...

7. Policies play pivotal role in realizing (or stifling) Canada’s energy potential

   Recently, the National Energy Board released its energy outlook for Canada to 2040. Its projections help highlight the potential prosperity that Canada could achieve from its energy resources. So what does the NEB project? Focusing on ...

8. Alberta’s oil competitors have fewer barriers to investment

   The oil boom in Alberta contributed to considerable prosperity for both Albertans and those from outside the province who offered services to the oil sector and its employees, as well as those who found employment related to the boom. ...

9. TransCanada lawsuit spotlights weak climate change connection to Keystone

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, January 9, 2016 The Keystone XL saga has taken a new twist in the New Year. On Jan. 6, TransCanada (the company that would have built and operated the Alberta to Texas pipeline) launched two lawsuits over President Obama’s ...

10. Climate change was a weak reason to reject Keystone

    On Wednesday, TransCanada, the company that would have built and operated the Keystone XL pipeline, launched two lawsuits over President Obama’s rejection of the pipeline in November. One of lawsuits seeks damages of more than US$15 ...