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 […]
This article was originally published in The Hub. Two Customer Problem The first lesson of business school applies as much to nations as to companies: concentration of customers is concentration of risk. Yet Canada’s natural gas industry has long ignored that rule, relying on only two buying regions: its own domestic market and the United […]
