The Sir Robert Bond Papers

Two things for Tuesday after a monster snow storm. Oil:   Brent crude hit a low of $52.50 before rebounding to finish Monday at just belo...

Only a decade ago, voters turfed Roger Grimes and the Liberals from office as punishment for – among other things – signing a deal to develo...

Michael Ross contends there is a relationship between oil revenues and democracy.  Crudely put:  oil hinders democracy . First, the oil...

[Editor's Note:  This is a post originally scheduled for publication in September 2007.  For some reason, it never appeared. Here it is,...

West Texas Intermediate crude is hovering around a price that some analysts say puts some oil sands in doubt . Meanwhile, North Sea Brent ...

Without new oil and gas discoveries, the Newfoundland and Labrador petroleum industry will dry up within a couple of decades.  There hasn’t ...

Now there’s a thought sure to frighten the bejeebers out of any ruling political party headed toward an election and a leadership racket, pl...

“Back of the envelope calculations”,  a recent Telegram story assured us all, “put royalties for the first three months of the [current] fi...

The provincial government’s 2010 budget – due to pass the House of Assembly by next Monday – is based, in part, on crude oil average about U...

“The oil industry success we enjoy today is not what many expected… many people could not believe in the vision of Newfoundland and Labra...

For those who have been following along with the discussion of oil prices and provincial government revenue, it’s interesting to compare the...

Oil production in Fiscal Year 2009 (Apr 09 – Mar 10) is on track to fall below even the low-ball estimates used in the spring provincial bud...

Not surprisingly, some people attending the NOIA conference in St. John’s are wondering what is next on the horizon. As CBC reports , ther...

From the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers , projected total annual oil production offshore Newfoundland and Labrador.  The CAPP r...

Some people will tell you that resurging growth in the Chinese economy is pushing oil prices up and will sustain high oil prices into the fu...

According to the Premier the relatively high price of oil at the moment is a good thing, with the prospect that it could wipe out the provin...

Oil started flowing from the Newfoundland and Labrador offshore a little over a decade ago but in that short time, provincial oil royalties ...

West Texas Intermediate for January settled at US$36.22 in trading in New York despite a cut in production announced by the Organization of...

Newfoundland and Labrador is usually one of the last places to catch a trend.  Doesn't matter if you are talking fashion or, in the late...

A commission struck to advise on how the Alberta government should handle its oil revenues is recommending the provincial government devote...