Bill Whitelaw
Bill Whitelaw is president and CEO of JWN, as well as executive vice-president, Business Information Group, at Glacier Inc. and managing director of Evaluate Energy, an affiliated energy analytics and research company based in London, UK.
Bill is a director on many industry sector boards including the Canadian Society for Unconventional Resources and the Canadian Petroleum Hall of Fame. He speaks frequently on the subjects of social licence, innovation and technology, and energy supply networks.
Upcoming summit a worthwhile event for Alberta’s new jobs minister, who faces ‘Herculean’ task ahead
Wednesday, September 2, 2020, 4:30 PM MDT
We know Doug Schweitzer is a pretty busy fellow these days, what with his new job as Alberta’s Minister of…
Albertans should take back to the streets to stand up for the AER
Sunday, September 15, 2019, 6:27 PM MDT
It was an interesting spring and summer in downtown Calgary and around Alberta, what with the rallies and all. Why,…
AER review must take care not to pin bogeyman on a world-class system
Sunday, September 8, 2019, 7:09 PM MDT
Grant Sprague and Bev Yee are very capable senior bureaucrats. They’re the Alberta deputy ministers of energy and environment, respectively.…
Opinion: Industry needs to help Canadians step up to their resource ownership responsibilities
Tuesday, August 6, 2019, 9:49 AM MDT
The recent open letter to Canadians penned and signed by three oilsands sector executives was on target – but it…
Is next-gen wells-to-wheels analysis a potential teaching tool?
Thursday, December 20, 2018, 1:37 PM MST
We all have that T-Shirt: You know the one, inscribed with: It seemed like a good idea at the time.…
Alberta’s country anthem: We May Be Hurtin’…But We Ain’t Dyin’
Tuesday, December 18, 2018, 2:52 PM MST
Photo by Gavin WhitnerThings have devolved into such a state of ridiculous zaniness on Canada's energyscape that perhaps it's time…
The high-tech nature of our oil and gas sector needs to be understood by all Canadians
Tuesday, November 27, 2018, 7:21 PM MST
Someone is planning to slowly kill Silicon Valley — to scrub from existence the companies and their employees making so…
Should the oil and gas industry threaten to strike?
Sunday, November 25, 2018, 1:45 PM MST
Maybe the oil and gas sector should take a page from the CUPW playbook and go on rotating strike.Look how…
Why the Petroleum Hall of Fame needs to meet the Energy Futures Lab
Thursday, November 8, 2018, 7:12 AM MST
This is a tale of two energy industry non-profits – both doing good things for the sector.At first blush, it…
Liability strategies reinforce regulator's protection of the ‘public interest’
Thursday, August 23, 2018, 5:30 PM MDT
The old axiom “...the more things change; the more they stay the same” exists for very good reason. Consider that…
Calling oil and gas producers: Help Calgary’s Heritage Park create an inclusive energy forum
Tuesday, June 12, 2018, 6:23 PM MDT
How will we tell our energy stories? Frame our energy experiences? Set our energy context? Not today. Not tomorrow. Not…
Seven Generations leading sustainability and communications
Tuesday, June 5, 2018, 12:48 PM MDT
Have you ever heard of hylatomus pileatus?You might know it by its “street” name: the pileated woodpecker.It’s a picky eater.…
