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1. Trans Mountain takes yet another hit

   Appeared in the Edmonton Sun, September 25, 2019 According to reports, the B.C. Court of Appeal last week told the Government of British Columbia to reconsider its environmental assessment certificate and conditions issued for the Trans Mountain pipeline ...

2. Government sits idle as pipeline obstructionists wage war

   Appeared in the Winnipeg Sun, September 11, 2019 Once again, a small group of anti-pipeline activists have thrown another roadblock at the proposed Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion. Lest anyone has been living in a cave or out of the country for a few ...

3. Canada's growing regulatory morass

   Writing in the Financial Post, Geoffrey Morgan highlights a stark dichotomy between Canada and the United States in getting pipelines approved: “As Canada dithered, America signed off on 3 oil pipelines to carry 2.4 million barrels a day” ...

4. Another second-best solution for Alberta’s oil transport woes

   On top of the second-best solution to buying railroad cars (putting Alberta taxpayers into the railroad business) and the second-best solution of curtailing oil production in Alberta, Premier Notley recently rolled out still another ...

5. Innovation provides bright sparks for Alberta’s future

   Appeared in the Edmonton Sun, January 30, 2019 It has long been observed that the inherent value in Alberta’s bitumen deposits is too large for it to stay in the ground, no matter the fervour of activists or transient declines in oil prices. Even Prime ...

6. Pipeline crunch sending crude to markets—by truck

   Appeared in the Edmonton Sun, November 7, 2018 In a report from Bloomberg News, Robert Tuttle shows the level of absurdity reached in Canada, where clogged pipelines and a slow-to-respond rail system have led to a new thing—the long-haul transportation of ...

7. Government policy hampers Canada’s oil industry as U.S. industry accelerates

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, February 2, 2018 While Canada faces regulatory uncertainty and low oil prices, U.S. states are reaping the benefits of increased investment and higher prices. As the U.S. oil industry booms, Canada remains stuck in an ...

8. Keystone XL approval errs on side of safety

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, November 24, 2017 This week, state regulators in Nebraska approved the Keystone XL pipeline, ending nine years of regulatory and political limbo across multiple jurisdictions. TransCanada Corp can now build its pipeline. That ...

9. Trans Mountain pipeline—B.C.’s NDP government should put safety first

   Appeared in the Vancouver Province, July 28, 2017 The last several weeks have seen new, if somewhat contradictory, developments on the Trans Mountain pipeline file. Kinder Morgan received approval last year to twin the existing Trans Mountain pipeline, ...

10. Safety First: Intermodal Safety for Oil and Gas Transportation

    A contentious road lies ahead for the construction of three recently approved oil pipelines (Trans Mountain, Line 3, and Keystone XL). Given continued opposition to oil and gas infrastructure, we have examined the latest data on the safety of oil and gas ...