Blog – Oil and Gas (Energy) Analysis and Commentary – September 2021 Oil has hit the highest price since 2014 Natural gas has hit the highest since 2008 The demand for plastics continues Electrical vehicle adoption continues to face challenges 1. OPEC – Oil tops $79/barrel - https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/05/investing/oil-price-opec/index.html 2. Energy crisis - This tie nicely to my work on energy - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/world-heading-energy-crisis-paul-young/ 3. Natural gas is at the highest level since 2008 - https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/10/5/us-natural-gas-futures-jump-9-5-percent-to-highest-since-2008 4. Coal - https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/coal-giant-told-to-boost-output-to-ease-india-s-power-crisis-1.1662318 5. Will American drivers go electric - https://www.ft.com/content/cfe41549-18a8-4784-9c6f-7997047a69f9 6. Climate change - https://ig.ft.com/electric-car/ 7. Pipeline - https://financialpost.com/commodities/energy/oil-gas/apollo-brookfield-among-bidders-for-aramco-pipeline-stake 8. Spills - https://www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-environment/evidence-suggests-ship-anchor-snagged-dragged-oil-pipeline-1.5611263 9. Pipeline - https://www.collingwoodtoday.ca/national-business/pipeline-developer-charged-over-systematic-contamination-4489053 10. Plastic resin taxes

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• Academia (PF1, FA4, FN2, MU1. and MS2)
• SME – Risk Management
• SME – Close, Consolidate and Reporting
• SME – Public Policy
• SME – Costing and Profitability Solutions
• SME – Emerging Technology
• SME – Business Process Change
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12. *** September Oil Price is estimated - https://countryeconomy.com/raw-materials/brent

15. • Petrochemical investments –
• UAE - https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/abu-dhabi-s-adnoc-forms-venture-for-petrochemical-investment-1.1469040
• Alberta / Petrochemicals - https://fortsaskonline.com/local/new-provincial-program-aims-to-bring-in-more-petrochemical-projects
• Petrochemicals / Sarnia - https://www.canadianenergycentre.ca/petrochemical-project-a-godsend-for-small-ontario-business/
• COVID19 Delays - https://cen.acs.org/business/petrochemicals/Pandemic-delays-big-US-petrochemical/98/i28

24. Source - https://www.canadianmanufacturing.com/sustainability/fossil-fuels-
declining-but-still-big-in-canadas-energy-use-by-2050-report-264178/

25. Source - https://epi.yale.edu/downloads or https://www.ig.com/en/trading-
strategies/world-s-biggest-oil-producers-200722