Born and raised in Montreal, Canada, Vivien first became involved with the stock market in 2006, when she started working for RBC Dominion Securities, the Royal Bank of Canada’s full-service brokerage firm. It was at RBC DS that Vivien gained an understanding of commodity investing and became intrigued with how the markets move in direct correlation with the economy.
In 2007, Vivien graduated from Concordia University with a Bachelor of Arts specializing in English Literature. She later enrolled in the Writing and Communications program at Simon Fraser University. Vivien volunteered with the Investing News Network in the spring of 2010, and interned for Momentum Magazine in Vancouver. In the fall of 2010, Vivien began working for the Investing News Network in an official capacity as an assistant editor, where she is constantly learning more about the commodity markets. In the summer of 2011, Vivien was awarded a Certificate in Editing from Simon Fraser University.
Let’s make one thing clear: There is no magic formula to determine which company will be the next big buyout story. But if there were a formula, it would include variables like asset value, management skill level, risk profile and location, location, location. Today, C. K. Cooper & Co. Analyst Daren Oddenino joins The Energy Report to discuss M&A trends and help us solve for X. One caveat—a company that tempts an international player might leave domestic majors cold.
The global oil landscape is rapidly changing, with “shockwaves” from supply growth in the US due to shale gas, light tight oil as well as the Canadian oil sands extending to “virtually all recess of the global market,” according to the International Energy Agency.
Victory Energy Corp (OTCQB:VYEY) provided an update on drilling operations for key properties for Auraora Energy Partners, of which Victory owns a 50 percent interest.
At PDAC 2013, Keith Schaefer, editor and publisher of Oil & Gas Investments Bulletin, spoke with INN Editor Vivien Diniz about why junior oil and gas explorers are being pushed into frontier regions, why condensate is important and why oil prices are going to drop this year.
Shoreline Energy Corp. (TSX:SEQ) announced the closing of its previously annouced acquisition of non-operated royalty interests in the Wattenberg Project, a prolific light oil project in the Denver-Julesberg Basin in Colorado. The deal has closed for US$12.5 million.
Globe and Mail reported that according to analysts at Canada’s Desjardins Bank the United States is unlikely to see its “oil independence” bey 2020. The bank’s analysts believe that it stands to reason the reality of the “long march to crude oil independence” is one that cannot be measured in years, but in decades.
Oil companies are hoping this latest major find will provide further justification for speeding up the permit issuing process for deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
