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‘Lower oil prices make it difficult to achieve climate-change goals’

February 9, 2015 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

The Saudis have stated their goal in maintaining current oil output and export volumes is to protect market share against foreign rivals. The Saudi’s rivals are not limited to other oil producers though, they are also striving to undermine clean energy technologies and climate change policies. “Lower oil prices are going to make it more difficult to […]

Filed Under: Environment, International, News Tagged With: climate action, Communications and Messaging, energy, Energy and Economy, Energy Security, Environmental Policy, Finance, Fuels, market share, News, oil, oil price collapse, Politics & Legislation, Renewables, Saudi Arabia, Storage, Sustainability, Utilities

Comment: Why oil prices are down

January 29, 2015 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

A historic change of roles is at the heart of the clamour and turmoil over the collapse of oil prices, which have plummeted by 50 per cent since September 2014. For decades, Saudi Arabia, backed by the Persian Gulf emirates, was described as the “swing producer.” With its immense production capacity, it could raise or […]

Filed Under: Editorial Tagged With: Canada, daniel yergin, economy, oil price, OPEC, production, Saudi Arabia, shale gas, United States

Comment: Oil – a financial cure?

November 19, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

Austerity is in the air and there is much grieving and gnashing of teeth across the land. I understand the anger of the municipal workers. But I also understand the anger of the average taxpayer. Most of us don’t have a gold-plated pension plan like they do. And if things stay as they are, there […]

Filed Under: Editorial Tagged With: Canada, Norway, oil, oil sands, oil-producing nation, Saudi Arabia

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