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(OE) As the energy transition accelerates, upstream companies are under pressure to decarbonize, and this is likely to intensify. Governments, investors, financial markets, society, along with other stakeholders are pushing for change. Companies need to define their strategy and act to future-proof their business and retain their social licence to operate. There are strategic advantages... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Setting the global average price of carbon per tonne significantly higher at $100 or more is necessary right away to incentivise net zero emissions by 2050, according to a Reuters poll of climate economists. Carbon pricing has come to the forefront of policy measures seen as ways to reduce emissions to a level... Continue Reading →
(TNPetroleo) The CBO Group, an offshore maritime support company, is implementing a study-effect gas (GHG) compensation agenda. As of September, in all new contracts signed, GHG emissions generated by the burning of fuel from vessels will be offset annually through the purchase of carbon credits, for the duration of the service provision. The goal is... Continue Reading →
Offshore Energy continues with its new In focus weekly feature, spotlighting the latest energy transition developments, after our first edition went online on 16 April. Following last week’s news on the U.S. oil giant Chevron’s entrance into the offshore wind market and note that the company has not yet announced its net-zero agenda, its Norwegian counterpart Equinor – which... Continue Reading →
In January, Occidental Petroleum announced it had accomplished something no oil company had done before: It sold a shipload of crude that it said was 100% carbon-neutral. While the two-million-barrel cargo to India was destined to produce more than a million tons of planet-warming carbon over its lifecycle, from well to tailpipe, the Texas-based driller... Continue Reading →
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