This article was originally published in The Hub. International interest in Canadian energy is showing early signs of life again. After a decade of retreat, the deep-pocketed companies may be coming back. Shell’s $22 billion acquisition of ARC Resources is a potential early marker. And the recent agreement by SEFE, Germany’s state-owned gas company, to buy one million tonnes per […]
This article was originally published in The Hub. Past is prologue when it comes to oil shocks. Oil crises rarely surprise us; we just forget the script between acts. We’ve seen enough of them. Price spikes are triggered by war, revolution, embargo, sanctions, or blockade. Think of the Second World War, the 1973 oil crisis, […]
This article was originally published in The Hub. The posthumous ears of Henri Bérenger must be burning. In 1919, the French politician and wartime energy strategist advised, “He who owns the oil will own the world, for he will own the sea by means of the heavy oils, the air by means of the ultra-refined […]
This article was originally published in The Hub. Last week’s federal–Alberta MOU on regulatory reform, an oil pipeline corridor through BC, and carbon-capture development was met with predictable skepticism — and in some corners, outright anger and cynicism. Opponents argue that encouraging an oil pipeline isn’t just environmental betrayal — it’s enabling economic obsolescence. On […]
