The sale is the energy giant’s next strategic step in reinventing BP and helping it become a lower carbon company.
Read More »ENI, BP, Total make New Gas East Med Discovery Offshore Egypt
Italian energy major ENI, who is the Operator of the Block, BP and France’s Total as Contractor members have successfully drilled the first exploration well in the North El Hammad license, in the conventional Egyptian waters of the Nile Delta, on the prospect called Bashrush, ENI said on July 1. …
Read More »Investors Pressure Exxon, Chevron to Disclose Long-Term Oil Price Forecasts
America’s biggest oil companies are coming under increasing pressure from climate-conscious investors to disclose their long-term forecasts for crude prices as the Covid-19 pandemic injects fresh uncertainty into the demand outlook for fossil fuels. Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. don’t publish such estimates, meaning that shareholders are less able …
Read More »BP Is Getting Out of Petrochemicals with $5 Billion Sale
BP has agreed to sell its petrochemicals business to Ineos for $5 billion, the latest in a series of asset sales by the UK oil company as it tries to refocus on cleaner energy. Ineos will pay an initial deposit of $400 million, BP said in a statement Monday. The …
Read More »BP Invests $5m in Methane Leak-Detecting Specialist Satelytics
BP has invested $5m in cloud-based analytics software company Satelytics through its venture capital arm, as the oil giant continues its drive to deploy a suite of methane-detecting technologies to combat climate-harming greenhouse gas leaks across its fossil gas activities. US firm Satelytics claims to collect high resolution imagery from …
Read More »Shell and BP Look to Monetize Their Digital Technologies
Oil and gas companies have looked beyond their own sector to diversify revenue streams, most notably in power. Now they are using digital technology expertise as another way to build new revenue. Shell and BP are two leading examples. Shell estimates that digital tools will contribute to one-fifth of its …
Read More »Renewables Consumption by Region
Renewable energy consumption (including biofuels but excluding hydro) grew by 12.1%, below its historical average, although its increase in energy terms (3.2 EJ) was the highest on record and the largest for any fuel in 2019. By country, China was the largest contributor to renewables growth (0.8 EJ), followed …
Read More »BP Outlines How Quickly Global Carbon Emissions Would Need to Fall to Reach net Zero by 2050
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has said the world must cut carbon emissions to reach net zero by 2050 in order to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsuis.
Read More »BP Takes $13bn Hit as Shift to Clean Energy Accelerates
BP Plc will make the biggest write down on the value of its business since the Deepwater Horizon disaster a decade ago, as the coronavirus pandemic hurts long-term oil demand and accelerates the shift to cleaner energy. In a dramatic revision that prompted questions about the affordability of its dividend, …
Read More »BP Chief: Covid has Deepened Commitment to Net-Zero Emissions
BP’s new chief executive said the impact of the coronavirus pandemic has deepened his commitment to shrinking the oil giant’s carbon footprint to zero. Bernard Looney, who took the helm of the oil giant in February, said he is “more convinced than ever” that BP must embrace the energy transition …
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