
Closing keynote
Petro Politics and Bitumen’s Volatile Legacy
WHEN
November 18, 2018 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
WHERE
Engineering Teaching & Learning Complex (ETLC), University of Alberta
with Andrew Nikiforuk
Oversupplying a global market that doesn’t need more bitumen (a cheap refinery feedstock) will lower prices for bitumen. That’s Economics 101. Incompetent governance by the NDP and the Conservatives has shielded industry from market forces and created a supply glut. Pipelines can’t secure higher prices in such an environment. Adding value and curbing production remain the only solution. Meanwhile Alberta continues to ignore Lougheed’s principles on resource development in a world where volatility dominates oil pricing and the dysfunctional politics of oil exporters.
Andrew Nikiforuk reports on energy and environment for the Tyee and is an award-winning author. His most recent books include Slick Water and Energy of Slaves.