Tagged With Shaun Polczer
23 November 2016
For Canada's oil industry, 2017 will surely be an improvement on last year's annus horribilis
9 November 2016
Smaller companies that push at the frontiers of technology and geology are going bust
9 November 2016
Weak prices and local protests are threatening Canada's LNG-export plans
5 October 2016
Without major technology breakthroughs, carbon restrictions will mean a smaller future for the oil sands
14 September 2016
The oil sands need new outlets to grow. Will it get them?
14 September 2016
Conventional wisdom suggests Canada's oil sands producers should be in full retreat in the face of falling world oil prices. That hasn’t happened—yet
12 May 2016
More than 1 million b/d of oil is offline and the recovery will take weeks
3 May 2016
Beyond Canada, only Venezuela and a handful of other producers are still persisting with very heavy oil
29 April 2016
The Maritimes’ offshore is still plugging on with developments and withstanding tricky conditions
24 March 2016
The benefits of diversification have long been preached by financiers and economists. Those countries too reliant on one industry naturally feel the pain of a limited portfolio. Canada is learning a stern lesson in overdependence
12 February 2016
Canada’s new prime minister, Justin Trudeau, wants his ‘bromance’ with Obama to yield some concessions on energy
8 February 2016
The slump in crude prices has nixed Alberta's plans to raise royalties. The province retains its generous investment regime
21 January 2016
The company’s $4.5bn deal for Canadian Oil Sands makes it the undisputed champion of the oil sands. It’s a big bet on a recovery in prices
20 January 2016
Home to the marginal barrel, Canada’s energy patch is hurting from the price collapse. But oil sands output is still rising and resistance is building
18 January 2016
Margaret McCuaig-Boyd has one of the toughest jobs in global oil - reviving Alberta's oil sector in the face of wilting prices and persistent opposition. In an exclusive interview, Shaun Polczer meets the province's energy minister
11 September 2013
Despite new restrictions on the role of state-owned enterprises in Canada, Chinese oil companies remain keen to gain a foothold in the country’s oil patch
22 August 2013
US crude imports have plummeted in recent years as producers have pumped more oil out of the Bakken and Eagle Ford shales and drivers have chosen more fuel-efficient vehicles
19 August 2013
The godfather of fracking passes away aged 94
12 August 2013
Faced with growing oil-sands production and delays to export pipelines to the US, Canada is moving ahead with a 1.1 million barrel a day (b/d) link from Alberta to the Atlantic coast
12 August 2013
The US unconventional oil and gas sector are now driving merger and acquisition activity in the US
30 July 2013
Governors from Mississippi and Alabama are seeking help developing their oil-sands deposits, writes Shaun Polczer
18 July 2013
As its oil production keeps falling, Mexico is turning to natural gas to diversify its energy supply and fuel economic growth. Increasingly, it is relying on booming US supplies to do the job
4 July 2013
Any doubts that the US Gulf of Mexico might be fading as a premier exploration frontier have been put to rest after Shell's 100 million barrel deep-water Vicksburg discovery
27 June 2013
The four largest shale gas plays in the US will account for more than 10% of all North American upstream spending in 2013, according to UK consultants Wood Mackenzie
26 June 2013
Barack Obama wants to cut carbon emissions. The US president also wants to increase domestic oil and gas production. Can he do both?
20 June 2013
Foreign investors, led by China and India, will underpin more development in Alberta
20 June 2013
Canada's east coast refining market is consolidating as the country reduces its dependence on offshore crude
14 June 2013
The US is leading the way in oil and gas production growth
13 June 2013
The agency expects around 19.3 million barrels of oil will be lost to storms in the season which began on 1 June and runs to 30 November
6 June 2013
It will add two new rigs to the Prudhoe Bay field and upgrade existing facilities
31 May 2013
Oil sands projects are groundbreaking in the attempts to reach ‘inaccessable’ crude
31 May 2013
Foreign investors, led by China and India, will underpin more development in Alberta
31 May 2013
Shaun Polczer drives into Canada's oily heartland. Men, money and machines travel north. Oil flows south
31 May 2013
The US is likely to approve Keystone XL. But Canada has realised that other export routes are necessary, too
31 May 2013
Canada’s oil sands need new pipelines to new markets
31 May 2013
Big industrial projects are ugly. Under pressure, Canada is taking steps to improve the image of its oil sands
21 May 2013
The US government’s approval of a second liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal in Texas is a sign that the world’s largest natural gas producer is on its way to becoming a global LNG exporter
9 May 2013
Production hit an all-time high in Alberta, which is generates the most oil production in Canada
3 May 2013
A company founded to import LNG is ready to begin exporting cheap US gas
2 May 2013
A new assessment found much larger oil deposits than previously thought at Bakken and Three Forks formations in North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana
2 May 2013
A new resource assessment by the US Geological Survey (USGS) has doubled previous reserve estimates of the Bakken and Three Forks formations in North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana
30 April 2013
US gas players face crossroads as North American natural gas is moving away from being a regional price point to become a global benchmark
22 April 2013
The train network is rapidly becoming integral to energy transport in the US, a role that could aid the rise of unconventionals
10 April 2013
As exploration ramps up in the Gulf of Mexico, the Lower Tertiary and Paleogene plays have become hot prospects
26 March 2013
Rising tight-oil production in the US threatens to unravel Nigeria’s oil exports
