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  1. Fast-growing developing countries will spur demand for oil for decades

    When people tell you the future is free of fossil fuels, you should direct them to this report by BP on future oil demand. It features a great chart showing the projected oil demand to 2040 by a dozen different estimates (by different ...

  2. Clouds may be breaking over Alberta’s oil and gas sector

    Appeared in the Edmonton Sun, August 28, 2019 The troubles of the oil and gas sector continue to plague Alberta. The province’s unemployment rate (as of July) was stuck at 7 per cent, better than the 9.1 per cent of October 2016, but well above the 5.2 ...

  3. Alberta's oil and gas tax regime offers hope for economic recovery

    Appeared in the Calgary Sun, March 13, 2019 It’s easy to be gloomy in Alberta these days. It seems like pretty much everything is against us—oil prices are low, our oil remains landlocked and discounted, unemployment is at 7.3 per cent (compared to a ...

  4. 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. ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. Alberta needs diversification—of oil transport capacity

    If it wasn’t already clear why Alberta needs a broader customer base and more highly diversified oil transportation capacity, recent events should make it painfully obvious. First, despite today’s dip, oil prices for West Texas ...

  8. Stranded assets? Only if government strands them

    For years now, ever since Peak Oil Theory  (the idea that the world would soon run out of economically viable oil reserves) was utterly shattered by the oil and gas boom in the United States, we’ve heard, “it doesn’t matter anyway, and ...

  9. Alberta’s one-stop shop for energy project approvals is a good step forward

    In the midst of the Trans Mountain saga, Alberta has launched a new regulatory reform effort that will streamline the permitting process for energy projects in the province. Energy Minister Margaret McCuaig-Boyd says the new process will ...

  10. Court ruling puts Trans Mountain pipeline expansion at risk

    There has long been opposition to oil production and oil tankers in British Columbia, an opposition that has, if anything, intensified after the federal government’s C$4.5 billion purchase of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain expansion ...