The Globe and Mail - Eric Reguly Columns

Total's 95 theory

Mon, 18 May 2009 09:02 EDT

The French energy giant thinks conventional oil production will top out in a decade at 95 million barrels and is keeping its eye squarely on the oil sands

Plateau theory drives Total to oil sands

Sat, 16 May 2009 00:00 EDT

For Total SA, it's all about 95. The French oil giant builds its business with 95 in mind, as if the figure were tattooed on its executives' foreheads. The figure refers to Total's belief, not shared by the majority of Big Oil players, that global production will top out at 95 million barrels a day after 2020. That's only about 10 million more than current production.

A green method spurs Fiat's madness

Mon, 11 May 2009 07:54 EDT

Costs on the rise as 'the automotive industry is set to undergo a technological revolution'

A green method spurs Fiat's madness

Mon, 11 May 2009 00:00 EDT

ereguly@globeandmail.comWhat is really driving Sergio Marchionne's auto takeover fantasy?Mr. Marchionne is the Italian-Canadian Fiat boss trying to elevate his company from the industry's No. 9 position to No. 2 through the takeovers of Chrysler and GM Europe. He has been called a brazen opportunist - because he intends to shake down the U.S. and Germany for enough loot to weld the three struggling companies together - and an egomaniacal empire builder.

The auto industry's future: Virtual mergers

Mon, 4 May 2009 07:15 EDT

Could Marchionne's merger mania theory be wrong? Yes and yes.

The auto industry's future: Virtual mergers

Mon, 4 May 2009 00:00 EDT

ereguly@globeandmailcomWhen Fiat boss Sergio Marchionne predicted late last year that only six big auto makers would survive, he was treated as a doomsday prophet, an alarmist, even though he was stating the obvious.

The auto industry's future: Virtual mergers

Sun, 3 May 2009 19:55 EDT

A Chrysler that's really a Fiat or an Opel

Fiat in talks to buy GM Europe

Sun, 3 May 2009 19:53 EDT

Including Chrysler, the combined firm would have $126-billion in annual revenue

FIAT'S NEXT MOVE

Fri, 1 May 2009 00:00 EDT

THE TARGETAdam Opel AG, General Motors' struggling German subsidiary, could emerge as a key component of Fiat's effort to transform itself from a relatively small European auto company into a global player virtually overnight. GM has agreed to sell a significant, perhaps majority, stake in Opel to secure €3.3-billion ($5.2-billion) in state aid.