NEW YORK/LONDON Exxon and Chevron boasted to investors this week about booming U.S. oil production, illustrating how the gap has widened - at least in words - between top American oil and gas companies and their European rivals over efforts to transition to clean energy and fight climate change.
LONDON Europe's top oil and gas companies, which account for roughly 7% of global crude consumption, have committed themselves to greenhouse gas emission reduction targets which vary in scope, timelines and detail, making them hard for investors to compare.
LONDON Europe's top oil and gas companies, which account for roughly 7% of global crude consumption, have committed themselves to greenhouse gas emission reduction targets which vary in scope, timelines and detail, making them hard for investors to compare. Graphic: European oil companies - share of global consumption - https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/ce/7/8805/8786/Pasted%20Image.jpg
LONDON BP will leave the main U.S. refining lobby and two other trade groups as new Chief Executive Bernard Looney spurs some of the oil sector's most ambitious targets for curbing carbon emissions.
LONDON, Feb 26 BP said it will leave three U.S. petroleum trade groups, including the country's main refining lobby, due to misaligned views over the energy transition to battle climate change.
DUBAI/LONDON Royal Dutch Shell's onshore Egyptian oil and gas assets have drawn interest from American, Egyptian, Asian and Middle East bidders, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
LONDON Qatar has delayed choosing Western partners for the world's largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) project by several months after surprising the industry with a big expansion plan despite a collapse in global gas prices, four sources said.
ABERDEEN, Scotland France's Total is considering stopping sales of fuel oil to power markets as the energy giant seeks to reduce its carbon footprint and grow its renewable power business, its chief executive told Reuters.
Twenty-one people aboard a cruise ship that was barred from docking in San Francisco have tested positive for coronavirus, U.S. officials said on Friday, adding to the more than 100,000 cases of the fast-spreading illness across the world.