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1. Costly regulatory delays loom over Canada’s energy industry

   Last week Kinder Morgan projected that the Trans Mountain pipeline project could be a year behind schedule as it continues to face permitting delays. The company initially expected the $7.4 billion project to be in service by late 2019, ...

2. Canada’s energy sector gets some gifts (and a lump of coal) in 2017

   Canada’s energy economy received several gifts in time for this holiday season. Some were good, some were, well, not so good. One of the gifts was from the National Energy Board, which finally exerted its federal authority to approve ...

3. Investor confidence plummets for British Columbia energy sector

   Appeared in the Vancouver Sun, November 29, 2017 Investor confidence in British Columbia’s energy sector is crucial, as the province is rich with vast natural gas resources. But according to this year’s Fraser Institute Global Petroleum Survey, B.C. ranks ...

4. Global Petroleum Survey 2017

   This report presents the results of the Fraser Institute’s 11th 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. Government spending—the problem in Newfoundland and Labrador

   The public finances of Newfoundland and Labrador are in a bit of a pickle after a period that saw considerable improvement as the province benefitted from the offshore oil and gas boom. In the wake of the collapse of the cod fisheries in ...

6. First Nations leaders should stop listening to activists who unfairly target Canada’s oilsands

   Why is one alliance of indigenous communities acting to harm the economies of indigenous communities in another part of the country, and ultimately all indigenous communities? A consortium of First Nations announced last week that they ...

7. Mexico’s energy reforms may provide new opportunities for investment

   A recent article published in The American Interest references Mexico’s newly-privatized oil industry as a bright spot for the Mexican-American relationship. The author states: “Plenty of American producers already have experience ...

8. Missing the LNG window could cost Canada billions

   Down in the United States, newspapers are playing up a new fear. No, it’s not fear of Donald Trump, it’s a fear that the U.S. will soon export so much of its natural gas to other countries that prices for natural gas might increase in ...

9. Cancelled LNG plan—government foot-dragging can kill potentially lucrative projects

   This week, Petronas, Malaysia’s state-owned oil company, cancelled plans for the Pacific Northwest LNG (liquified natural gas) project in British Columbia. The $36 billion project fell prey to what Petronas claims to be an “extremely ...

10. Prime Minister Trudeau and Premier Notley—right on Kinder Morgan

    Appeared in the Edmonton Journal, June 9, 2017 In the wake of last month’s B.C. provincial election, which produced no clear winner, the NDP and Green Party have agreed to unite with an eye on forming the next government, raising serious questions about ...