Tagged With Vincent Lauerman
Canada’s energy superpower ambition
5 June 2025
The new government is talking and thinking big, and there are credible reasons to believe it is more than just grandstanding
CER provides narrow view of Canada’s oil production future
21 December 2021
The worst possible future for the country’s oil producers goes underexplored in scenario planning
Oil sands producers keep the reins tight
23 November 2021
No extravagant spending is planned ahead of a capital-intensive push towards a lower carbon footprint
US shale upsurge put on hold
14 September 2021
Domestic production has gradually crept up since the worst of the pandemic, but significant growth is unlikely to take place before 2023
Letter from Canada: Kenney hits accelerator along dead-end road
10 August 2021
Positive CCS dialogue highlights an alternative path if the populist provincial leader can stomach it
Letter from Canada: The oil sands revolution has begun
22 June 2021
Oil Sands Pathway offers sector renewed long-term hope
Letter from Canada: Net zero poses existential threat to oil sands
8 June 2021
Oil sands producers will need to make drastic changes if they are going to survive the next few decades
BP and Shell prepare for the worst
28 April 2021
The UK-headquartered majors are pursuing strategies that assume the future plays out least favourably for hydrocarbons
Canadian oil sands in shackles
12 March 2021
Producers tighten their belts even as financial conditions rally and midstream expansion looms
Shell sees common trends in its transition scenarios
17 February 2021
Certain themes dominate across the range of the major’s view of potential futures
Letter from Canada: Last chance for Newfoundland offshore
4 February 2021
The province has potential, but it needs big finds and it needs them fast
Alberta shelves crude curtailments
12 November 2020
The province’s decision to unwind restrictions hopes for better days ahead. But economics may be against it
Canada’s oil sands under siege
28 August 2020
A scarcity of investment options is compounding the rapid exodus of international firms
Canadian oil sands compound their image problem
25 July 2020
Emission pledges are being rolled back to counter adverse economic conditions, reinforcing a sense the sector is not serious about lowering its carbon footprint
Piling the pressure on US LTO
21 July 2020
The country’s production may struggle to return even to its pre-pandemic levels, while growing to new heights seems a distant prospect
Canadian oil industry in dire straits
7 May 2020
Production across the country is in freefall, prompting oil-rich province Alberta to plead for financial support
Alberta’s orphan well crisis
17 April 2020
The province is seeing a sharp rise in the number of inactive wells without operators, and the problem will be expensive to fix
Teck gives up amid Canadian tensions
27 February 2020
The miner abandons its oil sands plan as long-term fissures between opposing lobbies claim another investment casualty
Canadian oil primed for modest recovery
30 January 2020
Reversal of crude curtailments and improved capex spending are encouraging signs for the country’s principal producers
US shale patch faces worsening headwinds
23 January 2020
Mounting constraints on US light-tight oil only compound the hazardous task of predicting growth
Newfoundland finds new vigour
9 October 2019
The island’s offshore oil industry is rebounding after a sustained lull
Crude curtailment boosts Albertan producers' profits
7 August 2019
Higher prices more than offset Western Canada restrictions on production
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