by Andy Walker | Aug 6, 2021 | Insight
Part 2 Following on from Part 1 of the Energex summary of the details of the EU’S proposed updates to existing legislation announced on 14th July as part of the “Fit for Fifty Five” package of measures, Energex’s Ulrich Arnheiter now sets out the new legislative...
by Andy Walker | Aug 2, 2021 | Insight
Once again Brent hits the newswires with the issuance of a joint paper by Platts and ICE and the opening of a consultation. And again, with the supporters of Johan Sverdrup lined up on one side and the WTI acolytes on the other, the only question is which is Scylla...
by Andy Walker | Jul 26, 2021 | Insight
Twenty four years ago in 1987 at Stanford University in California, John Browne (one of the most influential petroleum figures of the Anthropocene) delivered a seminal speech committing BP to a series of actions to counter global warming and climate change. Big Oil...
by Andy Walker | Jun 1, 2021 | Insight
Perhaps the events of 26th May will come to be seen (as many commentators have already suggested), as a watershed day for Big Oil. In different settings, but for much the same reasons, Shell, Exxon and Chevron had (in Texas Wildcatter lingo) their “asses handed...
by Andy Walker | Feb 24, 2021 | Insight
After years of mulling over the appetite and consequences, Platts have finally signalled a move to include a CIF price – that of WTI Midland (or W Tim as one industry wag has christened it) – in the Brent Blend basket starting in July 2022. This is the...
