How could digital technologies – including bots, artificial intelligence and blockchain – change the upstream oil and gas industry as we know it? If the digital transition were a baseball game, what inning are we in? What is the digital prize, in terms of the potential for operating and capital cost savings? ARC’s Jackie Forrest […]
What happens in China has consequences for global energy markets. That’s why I was excited to journey to the Asian economic giant this past summer. Family in tow, I traveled over 3,500 km by train, cutting a path from Beijing in the North to Shenzhen in the South. I saw a lot (see pictures below), […]
“Natural gas is a bridge to a lower carbon future; demand will grow for decades to come” asserted the debater. Her opponent snapped back “natural gas is a bridge to nowhere. Low cost wind and solar power backed-up with batteries will replace natural gas sooner than anyone expects”. While there is debate about the […]
This week’s SnapChart compares the price history of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) and Canadian light oil (Edmonton Light), each evaluated in their respective domestic currencies. The price for light Canadian oil is more robust these days, trading above $C 80/B and starting to enter a price range last visited before the 2014 market downturn. In […]
