Chris Varcoe
Financial Post
Calgary, AB, Canada
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De Havilland to build massive aircraft manufacturing complex with corporate offices east of Calgary
De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd. will today unveil ambitious plans to build a major manufacturing complex and aerodrome east of Calgary → Read More
Calgary's downtown slowly reawakens after a two-year pandemic slumber
Chris Varcoe: Some vibrancy is starting to return to the core after two miserable years of layoffs, lockdowns and retrenchment → Read More
Jason Kenney and Joe Manchin talk energy security, but Keystone XL is never far away
Chris Varcoe: Kenney and Manchin are talking about building a North American energy and climate consortium → Read More
Chris Varcoe: Federal incentive for carbon capture puts ball back in Alberta's court
Multibillion-dollar tax credit quickly garnered support from industry leaders while getting mixed reviews from Alberta → Read More
'A bad joke': Canada's new climate plan is Alberta's burden
Chris Varcoe: Alberta's environment minister says province could shut down the entire oilsands tomorrow and still not meet the forecasted reduction in the… → Read More
Chris Varcoe: 'Controlled whiplash' — drillers bullish for 2022 as oil prices soar
'it is probably the best outlook I've ever seen in 10 years' → Read More
Chris Varcoe: Waterous Energy Fund closes two deals on confidence in oilsands growth
Breadcrumb Trail Links * Oil & Gas * FP Energy * Commodities Chris Varcoe: Waterous Energy Fund closes two deals on confidence in oilsands growth 'There is growth in the future of the oilsands' An oil and gas pump jack near Granum, Alberta. Photo by REUTERS/Todd Korol/File Photo/File Photo Article content Some onlookers still discount the oilsands as a high-cost, high-carbon source of energy… → Read More
Consumers, producers ride roller-coaster of energy instability
Chris Varcoe: For Alberta, the turbulence in commodity prices will contribute to a sharp turnaround in the province's economic outlook → Read More
U.S. ban on Russian oil 'an earthquake' that could shake up future of global energy supply
Chris Varcoe: Alberta premier Jason Kenney calls ban 'the beginning of a potential global realignment in how we supply energy' → Read More
Here's what happens when energy prices spike too high, even for producers and an oil-rich province
Chris Varcoe: Sizzling energy prices are starting to scorch consumers, while demand destruction and inflation become growing concerns in Alberta → Read More
Chris Varcoe: Impressive rebound in Alberta budget, but 'deficit monster far from dead'
'Oil is, once again, front and centre in Alberta's fiscal framework' → Read More
'A lot of work to do' in a short time to meet Canada's aggressive emissions targets
Chris Varcoe: Actions include pursuit of carbon capture and storage projects, expanding Canada's low-carbon power grid, promoting R&D investment and more → Read More
Alberta businesses back big federal steps on blockades — reluctantly
Chris Varcoe: Most business leaders just want to see an end to the situation → Read More
Varcoe: 'Not a runaway boom,' but a steady revival for drillers as oil heads to $100
The prospects are improving for Canada's oil and gas sector — just don't call it a boom → Read More
Suncor eyes sale of international properties as Enerplus unloads Canadian assets
Chris Varcoe: It's a tale of two Calgary-based energy companies moving in different directions, geographically speaking → Read More
Trans Mountain expansion is running over budget by billions of dollars and months behind schedule
Work to expand the oil pipeline is now forecast to cost more than $17 billion and likely won't be done until sometime in 2023, sources say → Read More
Clean up of orphan, idle wells back in the spotlight as oil prices soar
Chris Varcoe: Producers have renewed financial might to tackle the issue, compared to the early days of the pandemic when oil prices tanked → Read More
Oilpatch spending to climb, while some producers eye a debt-free future
Chris Varcoe: Stuffed coffers giving companies options on what to do with escalating cash flow levels → Read More
We're witnessing the birth of an industry amid race for Alberta carbon capture developments
Chris Varcoe: Alberta has the ability to expand carbon capture, utilization and storage in a major way → Read More
Varcoe: As oil prices soar, balanced books could happen in next month's Alberta budget
'Instead of the $3.3-billion deficit, we might be looking at something like a $3-billion surplus' → Read More