Adam Waterous: Canada Can Become the Next Energy Superpower
About this episode
Adam Waterous discusses Canada's potential to become a global energy superpower and the challenges it faces in achieving this goal.
Canada has spent years talking about its energy potential. Adam Waterous thinks the country is finally ready to realize it. In the third episode of our special summer innovation series, Can Canada Meet the Moment? , host Amber Kanwar sits down with Adam Waterous, CEO & Managing Partner of Waterous Energy Fund, to discuss why he believes Canada has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to become a global energy superpower. Waterous lays out his “down five, up five” thesis: over the next decade, he expects U.S. oil production to fall by roughly five million barrels a day while Canada has the potential to add five million—doubling its production and putting it in a position to compete with Saudi Arabia as one of the world’s largest oil producers. But getting there won’t be simple. Waterous breaks down the compromises behind Canada’s new energy ambitions, why the public sector is taking a bigger role in pipeline development, the regulatory and tax hurdles still facing producers, and what needs to happen to attract investment and actually fill those pipelines. He also explains why he believes the shift could be transformational for the Canadian economy and fundamentally change…
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