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Upcoming Luncheon / Previous Luncheons

2015
January Luncheon
Brad Stangeland & Brett Standen, Scotia McLeod
February Luncheon
Joanne Luu, Associate with Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP
March Luncheon
Paulina Ponsford, Open Communications Inc.
April Luncheon
Alishia Klein, Communications Coordinator, Public Affairs, CNRL
May Luncheon
Chad Lundberg, Completions Manager, Engineering at Crescent Point Energy Corp.
June Luncheon
Tony Cioni, Torys LLP
September Luncheon
Sean Korney; Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP
October Luncheon
Erika Goddard - Manager, Business Development & Geoff Lester - Director, Distributed Generation
November Luncheon
Brad Gustafson & Partner Richardson GMP Limited
June 2015

The Bear, the Lion and the Prize: the Tale of Oil, Geopolitics and Eurasian History
Tony Cioni, Torys LLP


This one hour presentation will show how old historical patterns have formed the current oil price environment including:

- Russia's drivers as the last remnant of old world colonialism
- The clash between Imperial Russia and Imperial Britain
- The reasons for the link between this clash of empires and the oil industry
- This is a unique and eye-opening look into our industry that will be sure to leave those in attendance intrigued and amazed.



Tony Cioni is a partner with Torys LLP. He practices energy law, with an emphasis on domestic and international exploration, production and construction development. Tony has over two decades of international and intercultural experience spanning over 27 countries. His international and intercultural experience coupled with his upstream, exploration and oil service experience make his expertise unique among energy law lawyers in Canada.


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