The oil price rally has finally run out of steam, with oil prices declining for the first time in three days, with the selection of Kevin Warsh as the next U.S Federal Reserve chair (expected to be more dovish than Jerome Powell), the notable ratcheting down of rhetoric between the U.S. and Iran, a business-as-usual OPEC+ meeting and reduction in the U.S. tariff rates on India all acting against oil prices. However, the biggest catalyst was Iran’s revelation that it will hold talks with the United States, easing fears of imminent strikes…

After years of antagonism between the federal government and Alberta over additional outlets for crude, Canada and the oil-producing province are finally on the same page regarding Canadian,/ oil exports. It took a major geopolitical and trade shift from Canada’s long-term ally and top trade partner, the United States, to have the federal government of Canada support a new oil pipeline from Alberta to the Canadian West Coast. The pipeline is expected to boost Canadian oil exports to Asia, the world’s driver of global oil demand growth,…