Corporate

Lenders shift towards cleaner investments to align with Paris Agreement targets

The underperformance of oil and gas stocks will lead auditors to closely examine goodwill and impairment testing calculations

Solutions such as renewable diesel can be much better for the environment than large-scale biofuels

Gulf Energy Information asked readers in the upstream, midstream and downstream to name their perceived leaders in Sustainability

Sustainability in oil and gas is becoming increasingly important to the long-term viability of the industry.

The Denver-based shale company’s bankruptcy notice is likely to be the first of many among US producers

The Canadian firm has rebranded and joined the US shale revolution. But the oil price crisis is raising doubts about whether recent acquisitions will be economically viable

Lorenzo Simonelli has reinvigorated Baker Hughes’ oilfield business lines while positioning it to be at the forefront of the energy transition

Sagging oil prices bruise the firm’s bottom line, despite a positive quarterly upstream performance

Venezuela misses crucial bond payment as danger of losing control of the US refiner looms

Independent oil and gas firms have no choice but to respond to environmental pressures, says the firm’s CEO

The capital is there, but the amount and cost of funding may be less favourable than it has been in the past.

The current M&A market environment is challenging, but deals can still get done

Depressed prices and the availability of previously out-of-reach assets may encourage the largest firms to relax their cautious approach, say PE Live panellists.

As the majors exit, ambitious small and mid-sized entrants are challenging NOCs' dominance in the asset purchase market

In the New Energy environment, culture may sometimes trump traditional calculations in determining deal success

Expectations of a post-Anadarko flurry of merger and acquisition activity in the prolific shale basin may be wide of the mark

The winners of the 2019 Petroleum Economist Awards were announced in London on 19 November

Deloitte Consulting LLP

EQUATE

Sadara Chemical Company

Eni

Energean

Producer in race against time to generate funds needed to pay down mounting debts

Energy funding poised to plunge as renewables fare better than fossil fuels

Norway pulls funding from Canada’s heavy, sulphurous crude as Saudi Arabia expands its footprint

The state of countries’ finances—together with their exposure to market volatility and the pandemic—is determining funding possibilities for state oil companies

A combination of aggressive cost-cutting and judicious hedging has given at least some independents a fighting chance of coming out the other side of the coronavirus crisis intact

Majors have issued bonds and cut expenditure in equal measure, ensuring a buoyant market for their debt

The twin shocks of Covid-19 and the oil price collapse have severely impacted the company’s bottom line, but it is well-placed to bounce back

Profits plunged during the first quarter for a sector already struggling to contend with growing debt and a shortage of midstream takeaway

The failure of multiple projects in Africa and depressed oil prices puts the company in ‘significant doubt’

Succession of acquisitions and project ramp-ups help strengthen the company’s portfolio in a tough environment for the sector

Financial results suffer as erratic global politics and abundant supply sends energy prices tumbling

Upstream results from some leading oil firms were the best seen for years, but others fell flat