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1. Troubling precedent: Can Alberta demand a fair share of BC's eastern exports?

   Appeared in the Financial Post Alberta Premier Alison Redford and B.C. Premier Christy Clark recently announced a "framework agreement" on the proposed Northern Gateway oil pipeline, removing what was seen as a serious barrier to development. ...

2. 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. ...

3. Never underestimate the potential for bad policy

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun and Owen Sound Sun Times Back in 2005, the Fraser Institute published a policy study examining the Ontario government's decision to shut down coal-fired power generation in the province. We observed that while the ...

4. Data shows where real risks lie in moving oil by pipeline or rail

   Appeared in the Trail Daily Times A pair of petroleum-related events in Canada has re-invigorated the public debate over the movement of petrochemicals such as oil and liquefied natural gas. On October 17 a natural gas pipeline in a remote area of Alberta ...

5. Rescue Canada's poorest provincial economies: Allow fracking

   Appeared in the National Post The recent native protests in New Brunswick against proposed hydraulic fracturing ('fracking') are not only devoid of facts but harm the potential for prosperity and lower personal taxes. Add in the anti-fracking ...

6. Intermodal safety in the transport of oil

   In the face of expanding production and pipeline bottlenecks, more oil is moving by rail in both Canada and the United States, but transport of oil by rail (or other non-pipeline transportation modes) carries its own set of risks. While pipelines may leak ...

7. Pensions and governments both hurting from Canada's inability to ship oil to market

   Appeared in Huffington Post As almost everyone knows by now, Canada has some interesting challenges looming when it comes to transporting increasing oil production to markets both inside and outside of Canada. What many Canadians might not realize is how ...

8. 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 ...

9. Fraser Forum- July/August 2013: Energy Superproducer

   In this issue: Canadians celebrated Tax Freedom Day on June 10 by Milagros Palacios and Charles Lammam Fraser Institute researchers calculate when Canadians will have earned enough to pay all government taxation. Calls to raise Alberta taxes must be ...

10. Putting Canada's Energy Security at Risk

    Appeared in Lakeshore News When we talk about energy policy here in Canada, whether provincial or national, the discussion usually revolves around investment, jobs, revenues, and the environment. That's generally been the terms of discussion on the ...