From Supermajors to Superminors: the fall of Big Oil
Shell is in trouble. BP is in trouble. So too is Exxon.
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Announcement from Oil Change International’s Board of Directors
After 15 years, Oil Change International (OCI) Founder and Executive Director Stephen Kretzmann has stepped down from his role as Executive Director. Stephen has long planned to leave in 2020.
OCI was built for this moment
I don’t want to be accused of burying the lead, so, FYI, today I’m officially announcing that I’ve stepped down as Executive Director of Oil Change International. More about that in a moment, but first, can we talk about this organization that I founded fifteen years ago?
As BP’s profits plunge, analysts say we are entering the “end-game” for oil
You cannot underestimate that seismic shift going on as investors, often drunk on big oil profits, now just face uncertainty and loss. The oceans are awash with bobbing tankers full of oil, with no market to sell them. The industry is paralysed by the pandemic.
New Permian Methane Leakage Study Confirms What We Already Knew
A new study published last week confirms what we already knew about oil and gas in the Permian Basin. It's an unmitigated disaster.
Oil and gas news & insights: Week of April 20
OCI is producing weekly news and resources updates for allies as part of our response to the COVID-19 crisis.
COVID-19 fallout threatens “long-term survivability” of Big Oil
Big Oil faces a new reality where "everything has changed.” Even their long-term survival.
Trump’s Earth Day gift to Big Oil: We will buy your near worthless product
There is no doubt we are at a historical moment with the industry in deep structural and financial trouble and where a post-COVID-19 recovery could see a radical shift away from oil and into a just transition into renewables. But will that happen?
A resilient recovery means a managed decline of oil and gas production — here’s how we get there
This week the seemingly impossible happened: U.S. oil futures prices went negative for the first time in history. What happens next is up to us.
Ten years after Deepwater Horizon “another deep-water blowout is inevitable”
On the 10th Anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, “If anything, another disaster is more likely today as the oil industry drills deeper and farther offshore."