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Bill Gates Urges Reducing ‘Green Premium’ in Energy Transition
Oil and gas companies can play a role in the energy transition and bring a particular skillset to help reduce carbon emissions, such as sequestering carbon and burying nuclear waste, Bill Gates says.
Business
Op-ed: How Traditional Oil and Gas Companies Can Play a Bigger Role in a Net-zero World
Never has the opportunity been greater for oil and gas companies to take on a larger role to lead in the ongoing energy transition, says Angie Gildea, who serves as national sector leader for energy, natural resources and chemicals at KPMG.
Business
From US Domination to Energy Transition: Two Years That Changed Oil
Oil companies have come under increasing pressure from shareholders, governments and activists to show how they are changing their businesses from fossil fuels toward renewables, and to accelerate the energy transition.
Investment
Pickering Energy Partners Doubles Down on Energy Transition with SailingStone Merger
The new partnership expands Pickering Energy Partners’ current investment platform to include SailingStone’s energy transition, global natural resources and ESG investment experience and strategies.
Business
Oil and Gas Investor Cover Story: Animal Spirits
It’s not the Keynes kind; it’s the Jack London kind. E&P executives are restless, according to a Dallas Fed survey, and they’re going mano a mano for market share. Will it manifest in consolidation? Where to next for the sellers? For some, it’s a new land rush: energy transition.
Investment
Enbridge Subsidiary Launches Green Hydrogen Injection Project
Gazifère, an Enbridge subsidiary, and Evolugen, the Canadian operations arm of Brookfield Renewable, revealed plans on Feb. 25 to build and operate one of Canada’s largest green hydrogen injection projects in Quebec.
Business
Air Liquide Plans to Develop Hydrogen Mobility Markets in Japan with Itochu
The two companies will initially focus on the development of hydrogen retail infrastructure in Japan.
Investment
Chevron Launches $300 Million Fund for Energy Transition Technology
Chevron said Future Energy Fund II will focus on innovation in industrial decarbonization, emerging mobility, energy decentralization and the growing circular carbon economy.
Policy & Regulations
Senate Approves Biden’s Pick Jennifer Granholm to Head Energy Department
As secretary of the Department of Energy, Jennifer Granholm is likely to play a big role in Biden’s goal to put the country on a path of decarbonizing the economy by 2050.
Investment
Exxon Mobil R&D VP Talks ‘Technology Gap’ in Energy
Collaboration and innovation are crucial to advancing technologies needed to meet the growing push for sustainability and cleaner forms of energy, Exxon Mobil executive says.