Royalty and Fiscal Analysis
- Providing analysis and advice to governments in Canada, Africa and Latin America on royalty principles and structures
- Preparing draft regulations and reporting requirements for petroleum royalty structures in Northern Canada and Atlantic Canada, including
- conducting economic analysis
- preparing background papers, briefings and presentations
- conducting consultations
- Providing assistance for Production Sharing Agreement modelling, project analysis and royalty policy for emerging economies in Africa and Latin America
- Providing advice on petroleum revenue management to jurisdictions in Canada and Africa
- Advising and assisting private sector clients on royalty and resource development issues
- Testifying as an expert witness on petroleum taxation matters in front of the Federal Court of Canada
Regulatory Frameworks
- Providing advice to governments and drafting regulations and guidelines regarding
- royalty structures
- tenure and rights management
- exploration, development and resource conservation activities
- shale gas and other unconventional resource developments
- pipeline transportation and distribution systems
- Providing advice and assistance in development of regulatory frameworks, including
- modernizing and streamlining of regulations
- developing innovative regulatory approaches, including performance-based and goal-oriented structures and transitioning from prescriptive regulations
- drafting of regulations
- Providing advice to governments on organizational structures for petroleum management and regulation
- Preparing evidence for filings at hearings of regulatory agencies
Market Analysis and Economic Modeling
- Background and analysis on natural gas market dynamics for a major Canadian gas distributor
- Assessment of fiscal structures, taxation strategies and energy markets relating to northern petroleum production and pipeline development in Canada
- Assessments and advice to First Nations on ownership arrangements and fiscal structures relating to northern petroleum production and pipeline development in Canada
- Work on national energy balances, energy modeling, energy statistics, and energy use efficiency
- Workshops and analysis of natural gas pricing and potential market structures in Peru, Bolivia and Tanzania
- Analysis of upgrading incentives and value-adding policy alternatives for Alberta’s oil sands resource
- Modeling of Alberta’s oil sands sector, projected by project, for purposes of royalty policy analysis
- Modeling of northern gas pipeline project and associated field developments for Government of Canada for purposes of economic analysis and policy analysis
- Analysis of benefits from and potential for mineral development for strengthening economies of East Africa Community countries
Training
- Developing and delivering courses and workshops in the following areas:
- global petroleum markets
- introduction to the petroleum industry
- regulatory economics
- petroleum royalty and fiscal systems
- project appraisals and project economics in the upstream, midstream and downstream petroleum sectorsnatural gas markets and pricing.
- Training government officials in Tanzania, Pakistan, Bolivia and Belize in analytic principles and modelling techniques for appraisal of petroleum investment projects
- Training Chinese government and industry officials in petroleum fiscal systems and role of government in the petroleum sector
- Training in mining regulation at Kyrgyz Mining Institute
- Worked with Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in developing course in Petroleum Economics
- Developed CD learning modules in Mining Regulatory Framework and Mining Fiscal Systems for University of Alberta International
- Taught Energy Economics to MBA students at Athabasca University, ranked among the top Executive MBA programs in Canada
- Mentor to graduate students in economics at University of Alberta