A clear signal that Alberta’s oil and gas industry is alive and kicking was Calgary’s Global Energy Show June 6-8. Last held in 2019, this important annual event was one of the many casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021. Originally called the...
“They call natural gas the fuel of the future. It must be because it has no present value.” So quipped the head of the Independent Petroleum Association of America at an industry event in Calgary in 1991. Gas was big business 30 years ago, and it’s finally back in a...
The message is now to resume normal activities even though ‘civil society’ has spent years trying to crush the industry The love/hate relationship between oil companies and the world’s billions of customers is unique in the world of commerce. ...
The pre-COVID climate playbook and energy transition are in big trouble. Not among climate crusaders. For them, the crisis continues. It is the ordinary people who have more pressing issues. War. Energy. Food. Inflation. Interest rates. The cost and...
With energy costs rising globally and the western world trying to stop buying fossil fuels from Russia, accelerating the switch to renewables continues to be pitched by some as the best solution. Prior to 2021, there was great excitement about the falling costs of...
