Dave Collyer

Pipelines – not carbon tax and climate policies – the big issue for Alberta oil/gas producers – Dave Collyer

Construction of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Expansion is big test for Canadian oil and gas industry – Collyer Eric Nuttall of the Sprott Energy Fund is mad as hell, so mad he’s taking his $146.3 million energy fund out of the Canadian oil and gas industry and investing in American shale production instead. Is capital […]

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Calgary oil/gas executives should support Notley, Trudeau energy + climate policies, says Collyer

Collyer is speaking up in Alberta about need to balance climate and energy policies – as Notley, Trudeau governments are doing Good climate policy is just good public policy these days, says oil and gas industry veteran Dave Collyer, and the C-suites of downtown Calgary should put aside their partisan politics and back the efforts of

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Crescent Point pulls out of CAPP…is it civil war in the Alberta oil patch?

Big Oil backs NDP energy/climate policies, Little Oil lining up behind United Conservative Party Crescent Point Energy, whose CEO Scott Saxberg is a vocal critic of Alberta Premier Rachel Notley’s energy and climate policies, is leaving the Canadian Assoc. of Petroleum Producers in a move one observer says is likely the start of a trend now

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Window closing for new pipelines? Alberta must engage rest of Canada to advance energy, climate agenda – Dave Collyer

Window is open now to build support for new pipelines, Calgary must act quickly to engage Canadians on climate – Dave Collyer For a host of reasons – some historic, some cultural – Calgary-based oil/gas and pipeline companies think they can build energy infrastructure and expand the oil sands without engaging with Canadians outside Alberta.

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Dave Collyer explains why Alberta oil/gas must join global consensus on climate change

Part 1 of a fascinating interview with Dave Collyer, who has sobering advice for Alberta oil/gas industry “When it comes to carbon, the horse has bolted the barn.” That’s how Dave Collyer, former president of the Canadian Assoc. of Petroleum Producers, begins our interview. Collyer is a bit of a maverick in politically insular Alberta,

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Dear God, please save the Alberta energy industry from engineers, lawyers, economists and accountants

Advice to Alberta energy leaders: Better policy ideas, better politics, stop saying stupid stuff in public, emulate Dave Collyer Are you familiar with the expert fallacy? An example is the medical doctor who thinks that because he’s a smart guy, has deep technical expertise, and works in the healthcare system that he knows all about health policy.

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