Thought Leadership
A new era at bp: will Meg O’Neill lead a high-stakes pivot to oil and gas?
Coming in with a mandate to maximise value for shareholders, bp’s first female CEO is expected to redouble the supermajor’s efforts towards investing in traditional oil and gas plays. In his latest column for Energy Connects, Gaurav Sharma explores how far she will go.
Beyond the barrel: new strategies for coping with the energy crisis
For now, every day that the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, the world continues to lose about 11 million barrels per day of oil supply out of about 105 million bpd of demand. Also cut off are 20% of the world’s liquefied natural gas, some 40% of nitrogen-based fertiliser exports, 45% of sulphur exports, nearly 39% of helium, about 34% of methanol exports, from 9-15% of polymers, and 22% of non-Chinese aluminium production. Production of these energy-intensive commodities elsewhere will also b..
