Entries Tagged as 'Oil'

Chaos in Baghdad good for Alberta

September 20th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Well if you are reading this blog you probably don’t read the Nation so I will try to broaden your horizons a little by exposing you to this amazing piece of work by the genius Naomi Klein called Baghdad Burns, Calgary Booms.
Here is a quote:

This isn’t the boom in Iraq sparked by […]

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Tags: Calgary · Iraq · Oil

More oil royalties not good for my portfolio.

September 20th, 2007 · No Comments

More money for the province equals less money in my portfolio. Screw Alberta they don’t need roads, hospitals and environmental protection….
From Bloomberg:
Sept. 20 (Bloomberg) — Canadian stocks fell for a second day on concern that a proposal to raise royalties on oil and gas producers will hurt energy companies’ growth and profits.
Suncor Energy Inc., […]

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Tags: Oil · Royalties · Stock Prices

Report urges higher oil-sands royalties, says province missing out on billions

September 20th, 2007 · No Comments

This is a catch 22 I know it would be good for the province of Alberta but it would be bad for me, me, me and my portfolio. I know it won’t really be bad for the Oil companies will oil ever fall below 70 again?
From the Globe and Mail:
EDMONTON — Alberta is missing out […]

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Tags: Ed Stelmach · Oil · Royalties