Canadian Oil Sands Dialogue

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Initiated in 2009, the S&P Global Canadian Oil Sands Dialogue has been bringing together a broad set of stakeholders and provides an independent, objective platform for discussing and delivering balanced information on development tradeoffs, limitations and opportunities. While membership in the forum offers a direct opportunity to learn and participate in the dialogue surrounding the oil sands, it also helps support public research for download. S&P Global retains exclusive rights and responsibility for the content of the reports.

S&P Global reports explore the key issues facing oil sands development. This includes four research reports and two supporting workshops that aim to facilitate a dialogue among key stakeholders to inform our research. Membership provides direct access to our researchers and to detailed oil sands analytics available from our client-only website.

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Resumption of Canadian oil sands helped lower emission intensity in 2021, November 2022
Assessing the adequacy of western Canadian crude oil export capacity, September 2022
Carbon capture and storage and the Alberta oil sands, July 2022
The trajectory of oil sands GHG emissions: 2009-35, April 2022
- Appendix A: The trajectory of oil sands GHG emissions: 2009-35 - Data tables
- Appendix B: Data methodology available upon request.
Canadian Crude Logistics, August 2021
What is different about differentials? Understanding the price of oil in western Canada, December 2020
The GHG intensity of Canadian oil sands production, July 2020
All aboard: A view of Alberta curtailment, May 2019
Four years of change: Oil sands cost and competitiveness in 2018, April 2019
Looking north: A US perspective on Canadian heavy oil, December 2018
Greenhouse gas intensity of oil sands production, September 2018
- Appendix A: Greenhouse gas intensity of oil sands production
- Appendix B: S&P Global method to upstream oil sands emission estimation is available upon request.
The continued convergence of media & technology, September 2018
Looking south: A Canadian perspective on the US Gulf Coast heavy oil market, April 2018
Scenarios of Future Growth, January 2018
A New Look Extracting economic value from the Canadian oil sands, November 2017
Pipelines, Prices, and Promises: The story of western Canadian market access, April 2017
Where Will Transportation Drive Global Oil (and Oil Sands) Demand
The State of Canadian and US Climate Policy, August 2016
Special Report: The two pillars: The increasingly integrated US-Canadian oil trade, June 2016
Special Report: Oil Sands Costs and Competitiveness, December 2015
Special Report: Why the Oil Sands? How a remote, complex resource became a pillar of global supply growth, July 2015
Special Report: Crude by rail: The new logistics of tight oil and oil sands growth, December 2014
Special Report: Comparing GHG Intensity of the Oil Sands and the Average US Crude Oil, May 2014
- Appendix: Comparing GHG intensity of the oil sands and the average US crude oil, May 2014
Special Report: Oil Sands Economic Benefits: Today and in the future, January 2014
Special Report: Critical Questions for the Canadian Oil Sands, October 2013
Energy Insight: Keystone XL Pipeline: No Material Impact on US GHG Emissions, August 2013
Special Report: Assessing Marine Transport for Oil Sands on Canada's West Coast, June 2013
S&P Global comment: US State Department on Keystone XL Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, April 2013
Special Report: Extracting Economic Value from the Canadian Oil Sands: Upgrading and refining in Alberta (or not)?, March 2013
Special Report: Future Markets for Canadian Oil Sands, January 2013
Special Report: Oil Sands, Greenhouse Gases, and US Oil Supply: Getting the Numbers Right – 2012 Update, November 2012
Special Report: Assessing Environmental Regulations in the Canadian Oil Sands, December 2011
Special Report: Major Sources of US Oil Supply: The Challenge of Comparisons, October 2011
Special Report: The Role of the Canadian Oil Sands in the US Market, June 2011
Special Report: Oil Sands, Greenhouse Gases, and European Oil Supply: Getting the Numbers Right, April 2011
Special Report: Canadian Oil Sands Face US GHG Policy Uncertainty, April 2011
Special Report: Oil Sands Technology: Past, Present, and Future, January 2011
Special Report: Oil Sands, Greenhouse Gases, and US Oil Supply: Getting the Numbers Right, September 2010
Also available are Frequently Asked Questions on this Special Report
Special Report: The Role of Canadian Oil Sands in US Oil Supply, April 2010
Multi-client Study: Growth in the Canadian Oil Sands: Finding the New Balance, May 2009

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Special Reports
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Detailed Data Reports
Supporting figures, background information, and detailed oil sands fundamentals

Workshops
Participation in two focus group discussions

Research Team Privileges
Timely responses from on-demand Energy researchers

Service Web Site Access
Repository for research report, data and other deliverables

Agenda Development
Opportunity to input on future research agenda

Advance Copies of Special Reports
Opportunity to review early versions of Special Reports, pre-publication

* S&P Global retains full editorial control of each special report and will remain solely responsible for the reports' content.

Experts

Celina Hwang

Celina contributes to quarterly and monthly Canadian supply outlooks and global crude oil supply and demand balances. Celina's expertise includes prior research and analysis on Canadian gas transmission capacity and market drivers, US tight oil supply and development, and global macroeconomics.She holds an undergraduate degree in economics with a concentration in energy economics from the University of Calgary and is based in Calgary.

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Jeff Meyer

Jeff is a director at S&P Global Commodity Insights with the Mobility and Energy team. His research focuses on automotive market and policy trends and their implications for energy demand. Jeff has been the primary author of a number of Strategic Reports on mobility developments, including "ZEV Watch: ICE in the crosshairs"; "Getting to Norway: How the global leader in electric vehicle adoption has moved nearly halfway to 100% new light ZEV sales"; "Will Houston become more like Oslo: A perspective on city vehicle regulations"; "If you build it: Will more electric vehicle models spur rising sales?"; and "From 'carrot' to 'stick': How China's EV policy support is evolving." Before joining the Mobility and Energy team, he focused on the global oil market and industry trends. Jeff joined S&P Global in 2010 as a research assistant to Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin for his book "The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World."He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Haverford College, United States, and master's degrees from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and New York University, United States.

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Kevin Birn

Kevin is Vice President in the GHG Estimation and Coordination group within Energy and Natural Resources at S&P Global Commodity Insights. He is responsible for a small team of GHG experts tasked with assisting and ensuring consistency in GHG estimation efforts across Energy and Natural Resources. Kevin has authored numerous reports on GHG emissions through the hydrocarbon value chain and is a major contributor to GHG estimation strategy. He is also an established thought leader on the Canadian oil market and serves as the chief analyst for the Canadian oil market within the crude oil market group. He is regularly called upon to brief senior industry and government officials on energy related GHG emissions and on the Canadian energy market. Kevin is currently a fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. Prior to joining S&P Global, Kevin was a Senior Economist with the Government of Canada and a Partner in a software firm.Kevin holds an undergraduate degree in business and a graduate degree in economics from the University of Alberta.

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Aaron Brady

Aaron joined S&P Global in 2004 and has more than two decades of experience in energy markets. He is responsible for developing and coordinating S&P Global's long-term global oil market outlook and deeper dives on the North American oil market. His expertise covers industry dynamics, global and regional oil supply and demand trends, oil trade and infrastructure developments.Aaron has authored numerous reports covering vital topics, such as the role of key pipeline projects, US crude oil exports, biofuels, the economics of electric vehicles, peak oil demand in the developed world, along with many regular market briefings and World Oil Watch reports. He regularly briefs clients on S&P Global energy outlooks and has been a regular presenter at the annual CERA Week conference in Houston. He has been quoted in numerous media outlets including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Bloomberg, among others.Previously, he was a consultant in the oil industry, focusing on downstream regulatory issues. Aaron's university degrees include a Bachelor of Arts from Amherst College, United States, and a master's degree from Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School for Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Washington, D.C.

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Jim Burkhard

Jim is vice president and head of crude oil market and energy and mobility research. He is responsible for the development and coordination of Insights and messages for global and regional oil markets and scenarios. His expertise covers geopolitics, industry dynamics, and global oil demand and supply trends. He has more than 20 years of experience in energy markets. He also leads research into how changes in the automotive ecosystem are impacting the future of the energy and automotive industries. He led the ground-breaking S&P Global study, Reinventing the Wheel (RTW): The future of cars, oil, chemicals, and electric power. RTW has been cited by numerous press outlets around the world including the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, CNBC, Bloomberg, and media outlets in China, Europe, and India.Jim has led the development of each generation of S&P Global scenarios that bring together the entirety of energy research to form an integrated global outlook for the future of energy. The 2006 scenarios pointed to a major debt-induced global crisis two years before the 2008 recession; and in 2011, identified the roadmap to $50 oil by 2014/15. Also, in early 2020, his team was the first to identify the scale of production cuts that would materialize in the US and OPEC+ members in the second quarter of the year.Jim has testified before the US Congress on energy issues and is frequently sought for comment by global media. He has participated in several US National Petroleum Council (NPC) studies that provide policy recommendations to the US Secretary of Energy on oil and gas issues. Prior to joining Cambridge Energy Research Associates before its acquisition by S&P Global, he was a member of the US Peace Corps in Niger, West Africa, where he directed infrastructure projects to improve water availability and credit facilities.Jim holds a BA from Hamline University and an MS from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

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Access S&P Global public reports on the benefits and issues associated of Canadian oil sands development.

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