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1. 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 ...

2. 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 ...

3. Paying More for Power

   Canadians are paying more for their power, on average, than our neighbors to the south. When outlier Honolulu is excluded, rates for small commercial electricity consumers are 8 percent greater in Canada than in the US, while rates for small industrial ...

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. 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, ...

7. Fraser Forum- November/December 2012: Solving traffic congestion the European way

   In this issue: The price of public health care insurance in 2012 by Nadeem Esmail and Milagros Palacios Canadian health care is often considered “free” but how much do Canadians actually pay for the care they receive? How the media covered Occupy Wall ...

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. Alberta's 2012 Fiscal Time Bomb: A higher deficit and a steep decline in financial assets

   In its February pre-election budget, Alberta relied on unrealistic economic assumptions, ignoring private sector forecasts that were more realistic than its own. It appears to have been overly optimistic about oil and gas forecasts, among others. As a ...

10. Ensuring Canadian Access to Oil Markets in the Asia-Pacific Region

    This report provides a comprehensive overview of the outlook for Alberta crude oil and bitumen production and an assessment of the economic attractiveness and feasibility of exporting oil to countries in the Asia-Pacific region instead of solely to ...