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Wall Street Journal ($): Exxon Mobil Corp.’s remade board of directors is debating whether to continue with several major oil and gas projects as the company reconsiders its investment strategy in a fast-changing energy landscape, according to people familiar with the matter. Members of the board—which includes three directors successfully nominated by an activist investor […]
Tom Sanzillo, Suzanne Mattei and Press Release
An ‘essential industry’ to the U.S. economy runs in the dark
October 18, 2021 (IEEFA) — Despite its growing importance to the U.S. economy, the nation’s plastics industry remains a heavily concentrated sector taking advantage of an opaque, unregulated price-setting mechanism to bolster profits for major oil and gas companies, as well as plastic producers. The sector, which has increased prices throughout the year, was deemed […]
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Manifold Times: The Morrison government has increased support for controversial fossil fuel projects that promise to capture and store carbon dioxide emissions by approving a plan to award them carbon credits. The Asia Natural Gas and Energy Association (ANGEA) has been launched during the 10th Annual LNG Producer Consumer Conference on 5 October 2021. The […]
Tom Sanzillo and Suzanne Mattei
“Positive” contributions of plastic out of alignment with pollution, climate, public health concerns
The debate in Washington over taxing virgin plastics is worth watching. The issues are much bigger than a tax-aggrieved industry versus a government in need of cash for new investments. It is more than the American Chemistry Council, which opposes a tax, versus Democratic leaders like U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Rep. Tom Suozzi, who […]
Tom Sanzillo and Press Release
Government pays annual income taxes for ExxonMobil, Hess and CNOOC
September 28, 2021 (IEEFA) — Guyana is giving tax breaks worth at least USD$1.7 billion over five years to three of the world’s largest oil companies, according to a report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). Tax concessions granted to ExxonMobil, Hess and the China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) by […]
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Bloomberg Green ($): The world’s biggest owner of publicly traded stocks, Norway’s sovereign-wealth fund, is about to get the political go-ahead to insist that all companies in its portfolio have clear targets for cutting CO2 emissions. Norway’s Labor Party, which this month won elections that focused on the country’s fossil-fuel dependence, has made clear it […]
Guest Contributor: Saloni Sachdeva Michael and Press Release
End-of-life solar panels and batteries contain valuable raw materials for the clean energy transition
23 September 2021 (IEEFA India): The adoption of a ‘circular’ approach to managing end-of-life solar photovoltaic (PV) modules, wind blades and batteries would reduce future wastage of the high-value, critical raw materials needed for India’s massive clean energy transition, according to a new report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). The […]
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S&P Capital IQ ($): Ørsted A/S signed a memorandum of understanding with Williams Cos. Inc. to explore the viability of developing hydrogen or synthetic natural gas projects powered by renewable energy, also known as power-to-x projects. Particularly, the companies will look into developing utility-scale wind projects, electrolysis, and synthetic gas-via-methanation co-development projects in western Wyoming […]
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Texas Tribune: Energy giant Royal Dutch Shell sold its oil and gas business in the Permian Basin, the country’s largest oilfield, to ConocoPhillips for $9.5 billion cash on Monday. The deal is a major move for Shell, which produces more than 175,000 barrels of oil per day in the Permian Basin, as it faces pressure […]
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Bloomberg: Chevron Corp. has inked eight deals in little more than two weeks to invest in hydrogen, green jet fuel and renewable natural gas. Amid rising shareholder pressure on climate issues, Chevron is pro-actively forging climate-friendly joint ventures with an array of startups as well as corporate giants that include Caterpillar, and Alphabet’s Google. The […]
IEEFA: Oil supermajors made $20.5 billion in 2020 but spent $49.9 billion to please investors
Five largest private-sector oil supermajors have dropped more than a half-trillion on shareholders over last decadeMarch 4, 2021 (IEEFA) —The world’s five largest private-sector oil and gas companies collectively spent $29.4 billion more on shareholder payouts than they generated from operations, according to a new report by the Institute of Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). The five supermajors—ExxonMobil, Chevron BP, Total and Shell—generated $20.5 billion in free cash flow, […]