Martin King, RBN Energy
Martin King has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Economics from the University of Calgary. His work experience spans being an economist at the Bank of Canada in Ottawa from 1990 to 1993, and at the National Energy Board in Calgary from 1993 to 1997. From 1997 to 2018 he was with FirstEnergy Capital Corp., later GMP FirstEnergy, in Calgary, where he eventually served as director of institutional research and was responsible for the analysis, modeling and price forecasts of the crude oil and natural gas markets. King is a senior analyst with RBN Energy LLC.
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Analysis
Martin King’s Natural Gas Outlook, Part 2: AECO And The Changing Market Dynamic With LNG Canada
There is an immense amount of debate concerning the physical and pricing impacts of LNG Canada on the western Canadian natural gas market.
February 21, 2024, 6 AM MST
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Analysis
Martin King’s Natural Gas Outlook, Part 1: AECO Prices Approaching A New Crossroads
It is far too cliché to say that the western Canadian natural gas price marker of AECO is at a crossroads as the current winter heating season is starting to wind down. Our point being, when is AECO not at a crossroads?
February 20, 2024, 6 AM MST
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Analysis
Martin King: AECO Price Outlook Reflects Guarded Optimism
The Western Canadian natural gas price marker of AECO, like its U.S. cousin Henry Hub, is a benchmark price.
November 8, 2022, 12 AM MST
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Analysis
Martin King: Heavy Oil Outlook, Part 2 — WCS-WTI Price Differential Expected To Be Wider Than In The Recent Past
A lot of emphasis is placed on analyzing and attempting to generate forecasts for the price differential between Canada’s heavy oil benchmark of Western Canada Select (WCS) and that of the North American light oil benchmark, West Texas Intermediate (WTI).
November 1, 2022, 12 AM MDT
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Analysis
Martin King: Heavy Oil Outlook, Part 1 — Geopolitical Uncertainly Clouds Outlook For Canadian Heavy Oil
It seems the days of developing an outlook for Canadian light-heavy crude oil price differentials based primarily on fundamental factors (North American supply/demand/inventories) has become even more difficult than it used to be.
October 31, 2022, 9:12 AM MDT
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Analysis
Martin King: Despite Challenges, AECO Prices Remain On Track For Their Best Year Since 2008
When RBN last reviewed the outlook for AECO natural gas prices in November, we spoke of a palpable fervor in prices.
April 27, 2022, 6 AM MDT
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Analysis
Martin King: The Most Promising Natural Gas Price Outlook In Years
With the latest heating season in North America getting underway, the natural gas industry in Canada, the United States, and even globally, is experiencing a gas price surge and price levels unlike any that have been seen for many years.
November 1, 2021, 6 AM MDT
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Analysis
Martin King: Optimism Still Warranted For Canadian Heavy Crude Oil Pricing
The Canadian oil industry is on the cusp of the confirmation of additional oil flowing on the Enbridge Line 3 Replacement (L3R).
October 5, 2021, 12 AM MDT
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Analysis
Martin King: Increasingly Positive Fundamentals Aligning For Canadian Heavy Crude Oil
It has been nearly a year since RBN last offered up its assessment on the pricing prospects for Canadian heavy crude oil.
October 4, 2021, 6 AM MDT
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Analysis
Martin King: 2021 AECO Price Outlook, Part 2 – Fundamentals Point To Constructive Pricing
The natural gas price benchmark of AECO remains very much at the forefront when considering the sentiment surrounding the natural gas industry in Western Canada.
January 14, 2021, 7:49 AM MST
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Analysis
Martin King: 2021 AECO Price Outlook: Dealing With Alberta Pipeline Availability
Determining a 2021 price outlook for Canada’s prime natural gas benchmark of AECO might well be summed up by paraphrasing Shakespeare’s Hamlet: “To TSP or not to TSP? That is the question.”
January 5, 2021, 12 AM MST
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Analysis
Martin King: Longer Term Outlook For Canadian Heavy Oil Remains Very Positive
Heavy crude oil production in Western Canada is currently in something of a state of limbo.
November 26, 2020, 12 AM MST
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Analysis
Martin King: Outlook For Heavy Oil Supply And Refinery Demand Suggests Price Differentials To Remain Tight
Whether you like it or not, heavy oil supplies in Western Canada have become the bread and butter of the Canadian oil industry.
November 16, 2020, 6 AM MST
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