Biden Presidency Series Part 4 — Impact On Canadian Oil And Gas

JWN Energy Group’s Daily Oil Bulletin 26 August 2020 Joe Biden, the Democratic Party nominee for the U.S. presidency, upped the ante for his Clean Energy Revolution yet again on August 11, by selecting California Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate. Harris is a hardcore backer of the Green New Deal — and supporter […]

Biden Presidency Series Part 3 – Impact On Energy Markets

JWN Energy Group’s Daily Oil Bulletin 12 August 2020 The first part of this four-part series explored Joe Biden’s plan to combat global climate change, while the second part identified his probable policies for the U.S. oil and gas industry upon becoming president. In Part Three, the impacts of these potential policies on global energy […]

Biden Presidency Series Part 2 – Policies For U.S. Oil And Gas Industry

JWN Energy Group’s Daily Oil Bulletin 27 July 2020 Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee for the U.S. presidency, upped the ante for his Clean Energy Revolution on July 14, the day after part one of this four-part series was published. He is now planning to spend US$2 trillion of federal funds over four years […]

Biden Presidency Series Part 1 – Clean Energy Revolution

JWN Energy Group’s Daily Oil Bulletin 13 July 2020 Joe Biden has made it crystal clear that the U.S. will once again lead the battle against climate change if he is elected president in November. He has been less forthright about his plans for the U.S. oil and gas industry, by all appearances to avoid […]

King Salman Has Painted Saudi Arabia Into A Corner — Part 2

JWN Energy Group’s Daily Oil Bulletin 24 June 2020 King Salman has painted his kingdom into a corner by concentrating power in his matrilineal line of the royal family, and his young and inexperienced son Mohammad bin Salman (MBS) in particular, since ascending the throne in January 2015. By making MBS crown prince in June […]

King Salman Has Painted Saudi Arabia Into A Corner— Part 1

JWN Energy Group’s Daily Oil Bulletin 23 June 2020 King Salman has painted his kingdom into a corner by concentrating power in his matrilineal line of the royal family, and his young and inexperienced son Mohammad bin Salman (MBS) in particular, since ascending the throne in January 2015. By making MBS crown prince in June […]

Premier Kenney’s Risky Gamble On Keystone XL

JWN Energy Group’s Daily Oil Bulletin 28 May 2020 Premier Jason Kenney backstopped TC Energy’s Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline with $7.5 billion of Alberta’s money at the end of March to ensure a positive final investment decision (FID) and construction on the project to start in April. To read more: https://www.dailyoilbulletin.com/article/2020/5/28/lauerman-premier-kenneys-risky-gamble-on-keystone-/

Shrewd Move By Irving Oil An Indictment On The Feds

JWN Energy Group’s Daily Oil Bulletin 13 May 2020 Irving Oil Limited’s recent move to source western Canadian crude oil for its 320,000 bbl/d Saint John refinery, the largest in the country, using foreign tanker ships rather than rail or non-existent pipeline is nothing short of genius and an indictment on Canadian energy policy. To […]

Oil Price War Series 4.0 Part 5 – Putin’s Masterstroke

JWN Energy Group’s Daily Oil Bulletin 14 April 2020 Despite misplaying his hand horribly, and rather remarkably being outsmarted by both Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) and U.S. President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin made virtue of adversity by agreeing to the historic OPEC+ deal finalized on April 12. This has allowed […]

Oil Price War 4.0 Series Part 4 – Canada As Collateral Damage

JWN Energy Group’s Daily Oil Bulletin 30 March 2020 In the first two articles of this series I put forth the thesis that the current oil price war was instigated by Russian President Vladimir Putin with the goal of causing substantial permanent damage to the U.S. shale industry, and the third article discussed three possible […]