What does our energy future look like? Right now, I feel like I’m already in the future, in some sci-fi movie. You know the genre, where people are trapped in a cyber-stoked parallel reality. The pandemic highlights the extent to which we are captive to our computers, living much of our lives in a surreal, […]
The 2020 Olympics have been deferred, but the Geopolitical Oil Games are full on. Who will stand on the gold podium? Saudi Arabia, Russia or the United States? Will countries like Canada, Brazil or Norway even place? The rules of this game are simple. Major oil-producing jurisdictions negotiate, form alliances and collude on curtailing production. […]
Sudden shocks to a system are never good. Things break under stress, sometimes permanently, sometimes with unforeseen consequences. In the oil world, things could start breaking in a matter of weeks. Here in Canada the situation is likely to be acute, because of our concentrated exposure to one customer, the United States. Oil markets worldwide […]
I was a big Monty Python fan in the 1970s. The “Bring out your dead!” sketch from their Holy Grail movie was the epitome of black humour, a hallmark of the comedy troupe. Now we are watching real-time footage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Scenes from abroad are disturbing, with jammed hospitals, quarantines and dying patients. […]
