Many would say a global health pandemic is a terrible time for big policy changes to transform the economy. Job number one should be the crisis at hand — big changes can wait. And yet, the federal government has released a flurry of climate commitments since the pandemic gripped the nation.
April 20, 2021, 7:30 AM MDT
President Biden’s climate plan is sweeping and more ambitious than any predecessor — it is a stark contrast to the Trump administration, and the contemplated changes are also more widespread than climate initiatives in the Obama administration.
April 13, 2021, 9:43 AM MDT
Any longtime reader of my columns in the DOB should know I’m no fan of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto leader of Saudi Arabia, for his despotic ways.
April 8, 2021, 9:53 AM MDT
In Part One of this series, a case was made for the Alberta government adopting industrial policy to guide strategic investment decisions to successfully guide economic diversification in the province, after numerous failures under the laissez-faire approach.
March 31, 2021, 6 AM MDT
The total enterprise value of merger and acquisition (“M&A”) transactions in the Canadian oil and natural gas industry more than doubled to approximately $20.0 billion in 2020 from $8.0 billion in 2019, a 149 per cent increase.
March 31, 2021, 7:08 AM MDT
The Biden-Harris administration is facing multiple crises including a pandemic and a bitterly divided electorate.
March 29, 2021, 9:54 AM MDT
Last autumn I wrote a number of articles for the DOB arguing that the Alberta government should adopt industrial policy-like long-term strategic planning to successfully guide economic diversification in the province as our debt mountain grows, the energy transition gains steam, and financial space for additional investment debacles narrows.
March 22, 2021, 6 AM MDT
In the first meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the two leaders unveiled an ambitious Roadmap for a Renewed U.S.-Canada Partnership. This is welcome news after years of dwindling federal attention to the bilateral relationship.
March 15, 2021, 12 AM MDT
Often, we don’t see the infrastructure that powers our world — the vast and hidden network of pipelines, wires, supply chains and remote industrial sites that process and transport our energy are easy to overlook.
March 10, 2021, 7:32 AM MST
Royal Dutch Shell released its latest round of long-term global energy scenarios earlier this month, conveniently pushing the outlook period from 2070 to 2100, with the potential of cataclysmic climate change looming large over the remainder of this century.
February 24, 2021, 6 AM MST
The total amount of capital raised in the Canadian oil and natural gas industry in 2020 more than doubled from the previous year. In 2020, there was a total of $10.9 billion in capital raised, compared to $5.4 billion in 2019.
February 24, 2021, 8:19 AM MST
Methane emissions from the oil and gas (O&G) industry have become a hot topic.
February 23, 2021, 6 AM MST
Most people consider themselves life-long learners — after a fashion.
February 17, 2021, 6:51 AM MST
Peyto Exploration & Development and Comstock Resources are the gas producers with the lowest operating and transportation expenses per boe produced in Canada and the United States, respectively, according to Q3 2020 analysis from Evaluate Energy.
February 11, 2021, 7 AM MST
The Trudeau government has great expectations for the export of Canadian-produced clean hydrogen in the more distant future.
February 10, 2021, 7:25 AM MST
What are Canadians’ views on oil and gas development during COVID-19?
February 9, 2021, 12 AM MST
Peyto Exploration & Development and Comstock Resources are the gas producers with the lowest operating and transportation expenses per boe produced in Canada and the United States, respectively, according to Q3 2020 analysis from Evaluate Energy.
February 9, 2021, 7:18 AM MST
Over the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has gripped Canadians’ attention. Many surveys are tracking public views on the pandemic, but what about opinions on other policy priorities?
February 8, 2021, 6:11 AM MST
In Putin’s Masterstroke, the fifth and final article in my Oil Price War 4.0 Series last April, I argued President Vladimir Putin agreeing to the massive output cuts at the historic OPEC+ meeting that month did not signify capitulation and the end of his price war to permanently maim the U.S. shale oil industry, but merely a tactical retreat.
January 27, 2021, 7:31 AM MST
Every January, Sayer Energy Advisors publishes its forecast for mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”) activity in the Canadian upstream oil and natural gas industry for the upcoming year.
January 27, 2021, 7:54 AM MST
Joe Biden will be cancelling the Keystone XL pipeline expansion (KXL) as one of his first acts after being inaugurated president of the U.S., based on news reports over the weekend, costing Alberta taxpayers at least part of the UCP government’s $1.5-billion equity investment in the project, and possibly much more.
January 19, 2021, 3:09 PM MST
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
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
The hard hit western Canadian oilsands industry has seen some rays of sunshine in recent weeks, after suffering a downpour over much of the past six years. Unfortunately, this is no more than the calm before a far more powerful storm. As a result, oilsands producers should use this respite to better position themselves for long-term survival, not party like it’s New Year’s Eve 2013.
December 22, 2020, 6 AM MST
There has been a flurry of funding announcements provincially and federally for emissions reduction projects. How can companies navigate this obstacle course to maximize benefits from these opportunities?
December 17, 2020, 12 AM MST
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