In Support
Oil To Rise Into December-January
Oil rose in November, normally a weak month. When oil has risen in the month of November in the past, it has risen in 10 of 13 cases in the month of December. Apparently, when […]
Month: November 2019
In Opposition
Letter: These Burnaby Trans Mountain opponents look white and privileged
Editor: Re: Still fighting 5 years later, NOW NewsI was disappointed about the prominent coverage and photo of the 2014 Trans Mountain pipeline protesters. Any visible minorities? Or service workers? Or construction workers? They looked like a privileged […]
In Opposition
Saudi Arabia Signals It’s Had Enough of OPEC+ Quota Cheats
(Bloomberg) — For the last year, Saudi Arabia has largely turned a blind eye to cheaters within the OPEC+ alliance, cutting its own output more than agreed to offset over-production from the likes of Iraq […]
In Support
Varcoe: ‘Window of opportunity’ opens for Canada’s LNG industry
Canada still has only one liquefied natural gas export project under construction, despite more than two dozen separate developments being pitched over the past decade. But the former executive director of the International Energy Agency believes Canada […]
In Support
Cheap coal stoking NB Power’s bottom line — for now
Cheap prices for coal are helping to generate unexpected profits at NB Power — despite carbon pricing — even though the utility’s dependence on the fuel still promises significant financial problems in the years ahead. In separate submissions in […]
In Opposition
HSBC’s stunning energy and human-rights hypocrisy: It ditched oilpatch only to embrace Saudi Arabia
HSBC Holdings is the largest bank in Europe and consistently ranks as one of the most important banks in the world. How unfortunate, then, to see its unabashed hypocrisy toward Canada. In the summer of […]
In Opposition
How Alberta’s biggest oil companies are still raking in billions
Albertans have heard it time and time again: it’s a tough time for the province’s oil and gas industry. There are the suggestions from the prime minister that Alberta is in “crisis” as a result of low […]
In Support
This Oil Nation Is Committing $1.5 Billion To The Aramco IPO
Abu Dhabi could invest up to US$1.5 billion in the initial public offering of Saudi Aramco, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Saudi Arabia now relies on nearby friends to bring home a […]
In Support
OPEC Optimism Lifts Oil Prices
Oil prices inched higher on Tuesday morning as OPEC-driven optimism returned to markets with the cartel announcing the date of its December meeting Chart of the Week EIA increases U.S. crude oil production forecast for […]
In Support
Union releases recording of ‘exhausted’ CN conductor saying he’s too tired to operate train
The union representing Canadian National Railway employees has released what it says is a recording between a supervisor and a train conductor who was being asked to move a train even though he’s exhausted. The […]