Availability Cascade
A new poll available at afspg.com says 79% of Quebecers are in favour of energy independence, 62% against foreign energy imports, and 84% in favour of local natural gas development. The same poll says 69% of Quebecers are against natural gas from shale even while they and their environment minister consume it every day. If […]
Dallas in Quebec?
They recently announced the debut of the New Dallas, a remake of the iconic tv show launched in 1978. I imagine there are many Quebecers who remember having dinner Friday night with their family and then perhaps while mom washed the dishes, they watched Dallas. Who didn’t love to hate JR Ewing, the quintessential Texas […]
This 3% payment is legal
There has been much talk about 3% payments in Quebec recently. Interestingly, there is a 3% payment that is legal, but almost as secret as the one the Charbonneau Commission has been investigating. OGSAQ announced last week they found there are approximately 7 million hectares of land affected. Potentially hundreds of thousands of Quebecers […]
Captain Kirk in mudstone
Quebecers are overwhelmingly in favour of local development of natural gas. Yet, as you may have already heard, they are somewhat opposed to shale gas exploitation. Do you know the difference between shale gas and natural gas? No one does because there isn’t a difference. Shale gas and natural gas are both methane. Quebecers like […]
Political speak translation
I want to congratulate Pauline Marios who has done well to lead her party back in to a minority government with 54 seats. Mr. Charest once again showed he is a great campaigner and did better than many pundits thought to lead a strong opposition of 50 seats. Finally for Mr. Legault to come out […]
Bugs Bunny’s 2 cents on 10 cents
Yet another made in Québec myth: “Oil and gas companies were given permits in Québec for ten cents.” Bugs Bunny’s two cents on the ten cents myth is that it only makes sense in a cartoon and people who would say it are ‘ultra maroons’. It is simply, plainly, clearly, manifestly and obviously not true. […]
Alternative to confrontation
The Oil and Gas Services Association of Québec (OGSAQ) just released an independent survey of the participants in their recent tour to Alberta farms. The ERCB is Canada’s most experienced oil and gas regulator and Alberta has among the best regulatory outcomes in North America. You can see the presentation they made to Québec farmers […]
Les Coureurs des Bois – Canada’s First Entrepreneurs
I was very proud to be selected to deliver the first key note speech at Canada Connects last month. I delivered my personal views on how the Alberta Quebec relationship is important to the nation’s energy issues. These issues come up over and over in my discussions. Many people have asked me for a copy […]
A tale of three tours
We have had three interesting tours related to shale gas recently: one of Pennsylvania, one of Alberta and one of the airline industry. Anti development folks visited like-minded opponents in Pennsylvania to confirm if everything they already knew was true. Mario Levesque, a proponent, asked to join this tour but was told his safety couldn’t […]
Unrelated things
Three things caught my eye this week that have nothing to do with each other, but I strung them together any way. First the Oil and Gas Services Association of Quebec released ‘Debunking Durand’. I don’t try to imply to anyone that I am a geologist. However, I have learned a couple of things about […]