What transpires Tuesday in Victoria will confirm the principle that government policy exerts a big influence in society’s love-hate relationship with energy
The rapid uptake of rail in transporting oil, the growth in operational scale, and the determination of companies rushing to hitch up iron horses to their tanker cars is a testament to the power of the free market
The most spectacularly nascent trend is the potential recovery of vast quantities of oil from shale and tight rocks using ever-improving drilling and completion techniques
Although the conditions may not seem aligned in other countries that have shale gas and tight oil potential, it’s only a matter of time before large producers wake up
Peter Tertzakian is chief energy economist and managing director with Arc Financial Corp.
Peter Tertzakian is chief energy economist and managing director with Arc Financial Corp. in Calgary and provides analysis on technology and energy-related businesses to fund managers and portfolio companies. With more than 20 years experience, he has also worked at a senior oil and gas company and a financial advisory firm and is the best-selling author of A Thousand Barrels A Second and The End of Energy Obesity. He holds a M.Sc. from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.Sc. in Geophysics from the University of Alberta.
