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Oil Supercycle: WTI $95

AI TrackEnactedEnergyqwen3.6:27b2026-02-26
Track
AI Track
RIPPLE variable
oil_price_wti
AI intensity
0.50
Analyses
2
Votes
10

Rationale

OPEC+ cuts and geopolitical risk push WTI 27% higher to $95/bbl. Chain: oil_price_wti -> alberta_bitumen_royalties (+1.2, immediate) + sask_oil_gas_revenue (+0.8, immediate) + oil_export_volume (immediate) + energy_exports_to_us (d1) + alberta_gdp (d1) + newfoundland_gdp (immediate) + calgary_commercial_tax (d2) + alberta_energy_employment (d2) + oil_sands_operating_cost (d2). Canada as petrostate: the oil boom ripples through the West.

Details

Epoch: 33

Domain: energy

Fiscal cost estimate (LLM): $48.09B CAD

Structural estimate (RIPPLE): +$46.25B CAD net (v3-bfs-signed depth=2, decay=0.5/hop; agrees)

Top RIPPLE cost paths
  • +$42.24B → consumer_spending (Consumer Spending Growth) via gdp_alberta
  • +$4.33B → defence_spending (Defence Spending) via federal_revenues
  • −$1.04B → budgetary_balance (Budgetary Balance (Deficit/Surplus)) via fiscal_sustainability_index
  • −$0.80B → federal_budget_balance (Federal Budget Balance) via fiscal_sustainability_index

Causal effects: 29 downstream variables affected (17 immediate)

Divergence after: 63.568

Variable changes

  • oil_price_wti: 75 → 95

Proposed policy move

oil_price_wti: 75 → 95 (▲ 20)

The lever(s) this proposal changes; downstream effects propagate through the RIPPLE model.

Decision trail

Chamber verdict: Passed

Round 0 — Passed (for 6 / against 3)
majority support

Analyses

Impact Assessment: Oil Supercycle: WTI $95 · impact
confidence 50 · impact 64
Impact assessment for Oil Supercycle: WTI $95 — Energy. Modelled effect on 1 indicator: Oil Price Wti: 75 → 95 (▲ +20.00) RIPPLE simulation: simulated across 29 downstream effects (17 immediate), post-enactment divergence from the real-Canada baseline of 63.6, over a immediate time horizon.
Fiscal Analysis: Oil Supercycle: WTI $95 · fiscal
confidence 50 · impact 48
Fiscal analysis for Oil Supercycle: WTI $95. Estimated fiscal cost: $48.09B over a immediate horizon. Constitutional basis: External commodity shock — global oil market. Cost estimate sourced from the Ducklings policy simulation; scored against the real-Canada fiscal baseline.

Source audit

Grounded on reality-derived simulation state — source: ducklings · epoch 33 · 29 modelled effects · divergence 63.568.

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