Editor’s note: this column was written before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement on Thursday, Oct. 26, that there would be a three-year pause on the federal carbon tax for home heating fuel oil. Polls conducted by the Pew Research Center...
It’s a hell of a lot easier to dig through dirt than Canadian Shield granite There’s been talk of an energy corridor running from Port McMurray to Fort Nelson on Hudson Bay. However, it all depends on Manitoba’s election on Tuesday, Oct. 3. Everyone knows...
Straighten out RM headaches, cut red tape and build out a CO2-EOR strategy As I noted on Sept. 28, there’s a substantial amount of concern in the oilpatch about the lack of activity despite high oil prices. As one person told me, “When oil was $40 a couple...
And how much of this lays at the Saskatchewan Party government’s feet? Oil prices are now US$94 a barrel, and yet oil industry activity levels in Saskatchewan are more like when it was US$40 a barrel. A lot of people in the industry I’ve spoken to in recent days...
Over the past decade we’ve learned that failure and misfortune often follow when people who bleed green are allowed formulate emissions reduction policies. Experience has shown green transition targets set by inept policy makers like Steven Guilbeault, Canada’s...
Earlier this week, I posted a significant story entitled, “Once Saskatchewan’s largest oil company, Crescent Point plans to spend 70% of its capex in Alberta.” One person online wondered about its significance. And indeed, he had a point. After all, what has Crescent...
