Matt Chester calculates increase to transportation-related carbon emissions when late-night games and early-closings of the public transit system require fans to find alternative ways home, including taxis or ride-sharing services like Uber or Lyft. Photo Library/Getty [Read more]
Governments across Canada engaged in trying to promote reduction in GHG emissions at lowest possible cost By Glen Hodgson, Senior Fellow, Conference Board of Canada Debate about reducing Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions frequently references the costs of [Read more]
Now the market is embarking on the next stage of the cycle, with high and rising oil prices beginning to stimulate an increase in production, restrain fuel use, and eventually create conditions for the next [Read more]
New MARPOL (International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships) limits on sulfur content in marine fuels starting in 2020 could result in 1-1.8MMb/d of additional refinery runs to produce higher volumes of marine [Read more]
LNG meets the lion’s share of growth in long-distance gas trade in the period to 2040 “Are we entering a Golden Age of Gas?” – That was the question the International Energy Agency asked in 2011 when examining [Read more]
Senior market analyst, John Kemp says the impact of oil prices on the U.S. trade deficit and the exchange rate is becoming much less significant than before. Statoil photo. Higher oil prices will help US producers, [Read more]
Managers of hedge funds, concerned about a significant downside risk as rising costs cut crude demand and stimulate increased production, appear to be locking in some profits after the recent bull run in oil prices. [Read more]
To celebrate his 1000th Twitter follower, on his Chester Energy and Policy blog, Matt Chester published an article on May 10 describing the six different ways that the number 1,000 is weaving through energy trends today. [Read more]
It is not exactly clear how the US and Saudi Arabia plan to avoid a significant oil price rise following the Trump administration’s decision to opt out of the Iran sanction relief pact. Getty Images [Read more]
US sanctions against Iran that will likely follow the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw from the 2015 nuclear agreement marks the end of the OPEC supply cut deal, according to oil market analyst John Kemp. [Read more]
For all the bullish commentary around oil prices at the moment, hedge fund managers have made only minor changes to their overall position in petroleum futures and options in the last few weeks. Anadarko photo. [Read more]
While each successive generation can look back and wax nostalgic about their road trips and romanticize how other generations have no idea how it really was, is it possible to quantify which era of American drivers got [Read more]
Nearly every barrel of oil must be refined into a range of products to satisfy different markets and uses By Kristine Petrosyan, IEA Oil Analyst The growth of oil production from the United States has led [Read more]
Power Metals potentially sitting on one of largest hard rock lithium pegmatite projects in the world in Ontario, Canada By OilPrice.com We’re facing an imminent crisis in global lithium markets. Demand is growing exponentially, and lithium [Read more]
Oil demand peaks soon after coal, with demand decline from transport: electric vehicles are 40% of new passenger car sales by 2030 By Caroline Lee, IEA Energy and Climate Change Policy Analyst All around the world, [Read more]
Saudi Arabia needs oil prices and revenues to go even higher in the coming years to pay for the kingdom’s transformation away from oil. Saudi Aramco photo. Oil prices have risen 175 per cent since [Read more]
Between 2011 and 2014, when oil prices averaged over $100 per barrel, declining consumption in the OECD and slowing consumption growth in the non-OECD created the conditions for the last oil slump. If oil [Read more]
Study: Canada’s long-term energy security needs and climate commitments cannot be met without major changes A new study by veteran earth scientist David Hughes anchors the heated debate about pipeline and energy infrastructure within the [Read more]
Major Canadian cities have shown leadership in building a more co-ordinated approach to attracting foreign investment from places such as China and Europe By Glen Hodgson, senior fellow, Conference Board of Canada Invest in Canada, the new federal [Read more]
In this article, the author, Maximilian Auffhammer questions how effective offering subsidies on used electric vehicles would be for the environment. Energy Institute at Haas photo. Does a program to subsidize used electric vehicles make [Read more]
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