by mujair | Sep 21, 2020 | Business & Finance News
HOUSTON — As oil prices plunge and concerns about climate change grow, BP, Royal Dutch Shell and other European energy companies are selling off oil fields, planning a sharp reduction in emissions and investing billions in renewable energy. The American oil giants...
by mujair | Aug 17, 2020 | Business & Finance News
“To make a switch from a global economy that depends on fossil fuels for 80 percent of its energy to something else is a very, very big job,” said Daniel Yergin, the energy historian who has a forthcoming book, “The New Map,” on the transition now occurring in energy....
by mujair | Aug 10, 2020 | Business & Finance News
Such issues apparently did not factor into Delta’s thinking when the airline paid $150 million for the struggling Trainer refinery, which ConocoPhillips had idled six months earlier, citing pressure from imports, weak demand and regulatory costs. The refinery, which...
by mujair | Aug 10, 2020 | Business & Finance News
Here’s what you need to know: A Saudi Aramco offshore oil platform in 2018. The giant oil company will continue paying a large dividend despite sharply lower profits.Credit…Mohamed Alebn Alshaikh/Saudi Aramco, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Saudi...
by mujair | Aug 9, 2020 | Business & Finance News
Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil company, said on Sunday that its quarterly earnings plunged more than 73 percent compared to a year ago, as lockdowns imposed to curb the coronavirus pandemic drastically cut the demand for oil and slammed prices. Despite the...