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Terry Etam

Terry Etam is a BOE Report contributor.

Column: Canada will watch the coming oil boom largely from the sidelines

December 1, 20207:50 AM Terry Etam0 Comments

“…what do I get? A one-way ticket to Palooka-ville!…I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am. Let’s face it.” On the Waterfront, 1954 Well, that quote fits Canada’s hydrocarbon sector like a glove, despite the fact that it implies we’re all bums. We’re not quite there yet. But we will be soon. Oddly enough, the bums that are left standing may be very rich bums, and I don’t know what that means existentially, but hear me [Read more]

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Column: Digital economy supply chains – excellent CBC (!) podcast lays bare the cold, hard, massive realities

November 24, 20207:05 AM Terry Etam0 Comments

Time to come clean about something. Like almost any other person affiliated with the hydrocarbon industry, I’ve long been frustrated with the Ottawa-centric, social-science-heavy analyses of industry provided by the CBC. The institution’s output seems geared to the sort of mentality one would not be thrilled to work with - whiny, hand-wringing, dependent, un-calloused, offended urbanites that couldn’t grow a potato or heat a building but have a fantastic understanding of the art of academic [Read more]

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Column: Enbridge and energy transition – With their footprint, possibly the best authority on the subject, anywhere

November 10, 20205:39 AM Terry Etam

Have you ever heard the phrase "talking your book"? It's a phrase that's used to discredit a comment, saying in essence that the speaker has a vested interest in an outcome, and speaks in an authoritative way to present something as factual when it just may be to support that position. The phrase often refers to someone owning a stock or trading position, then flogging data/info that will help that trade work out. The phrase is bigger than that though; people "talk their book" all the time [Read more]

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Column: Exciting developments in the woods – tree-planting initiatives are just getting on with it

November 4, 20207:35 AM Terry Etam0 Comments

There are a lot of organizations out there. The world is flooded with them, and the sheer number indicates a paradox: If everything is being organized so thoroughly, why is the world in such complete chaos? By the time you read this, the US election may be taking the word chaos to dizzying new heights, brought to you by even more organizations. Despite that philosophical conundrum, there are still new ones popping up that are more than welcome. Below are a few that actually have some appeal. [Read more]

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Column: Hey Canada and USA: Where will the world’s oil come from if we sleepwalk into energy insecurity?

October 28, 20206:41 AM Terry Etam0 Comments

In the heart of Thanksgiving/Christmas season, we are often confronted and reminded of a curiosity of human existence that has far wider repercussions than we realize. During big get-togethers (within health guidelines of course, speaking more historically here), many of us have been faced with the Phenomenon of the Perpetual Ass. It seems that in any sizeable group there is at least one person who will see it as their duty to putridly debase conversation, to offer ignorant and inflammatory [Read more]

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Column: Four strong winds – Ottawa’s looming second carbon tax will hammer every poor part of this vast, cold country

October 20, 20205:37 AM Terry Etam0 Comments

Here’s a question, a cross-Canada, border-independent question, that might resonate with some: Have you ever pulled up to the pumps and put in ten dollars’ worth of gas? Or five? Or maybe you can recall a time when there was an unusually good payday or a tax return, and you decided to live a little, telling the gas jockey to fill it right up (in my historical instances, my eight-year-old Nissan bare-bones rust-bucket), right to the brim? That was feeling on top of the world; a full tank was like [Read more]

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Hey Alberta: What do we want to be known for – the low road, or the high road?

October 7, 20206:45 AM Terry Etam0 Comments

Dress your best on your execution day… try to leave a good impression on the death squad by standing erect and proud…Be extremely courteous to your assistant when you lose money. Try not to blame others for your fate, even if they deserve blame. Never exhibit any self-pity. Nassim Nicholas Taleb In reporting on the energy scene, it is wearyingly necessary to monitor the news flow to see if there is anything notable or comment-worthy happening. It’s not easy, because news is no longer [Read more]

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Column: Formula 1/Hypocrisy legend Lewis Hamilton signs on for a ridiculous “environmental awareness” racing series to roll through pristine wilderness – and we’re losing the PR battle to these loons?

September 23, 20204:20 AM Terry Etam0 Comments

People often comment to me that, with respect to the energy/hydrocarbon debate, we can get somewhere if we just “have a conversation”. Surely, the reasoning goes, if reasonable people sit down and discuss, we can move the needle in a positive way. I don’t know if that is a realistic scenario. The majority of rational people simply don’t care about energy for the same reason you’re not presently concerned with whether you’ll starve to death next month. Food (and energy) will be there [Read more]

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Column: The remarkable power of energetic talent pools – and the energy sector has a great one

September 16, 20206:35 AM Terry Etam0 Comments

A few years ago, a new publishing phenomenon exploded onto bookshelves, an exciting development for music fans. A wave of books from aging rock stars appeared, oddly similar recollections of squalid and sordid lifestyles lived by a “lucky” few who pursued misbehaviour with a vengeance, to the extent their record sales allowed. This circle of musicians seemed to compete with each other to show how badly one could live their life, each reminiscing about the glory days of being shuttled through [Read more]

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Column: Danielle Smith is right: Alberta needs both spending discipline and fresh, forward economic thinking

September 9, 20206:54 AM Terry Etam0 Comments

As one of the vast migratory herd of Saskies that came west several decades ago in search of opportunity, I clearly remember crossing that very real border. Leaving the motherland in search of greener pastures wasn’t easy, but there were upsides, one of which was obvious within 3 feet west of Alsask. The surrounding terrain looked the same – endless rolling crop fields  – but the road changed from a frost-heaved, cratered, patches-on-patches mess to what felt like a billiard-table. It was like a [Read more]

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