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3 Oil Majors That Bet Big On Renewables

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Big Oil has frequently been chided for merely trying to burnish its green credentials, and so far, it has done little to convince us that it is truly moving forward to greenness. Let this sink in: In 2018, Big Oil spent less than 1% of its combined budget on green energy projects. by Alex Kimani for Oilprice.com. 2 Total SA.

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NIO adds two swap stations built with oil giant CNPC

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The post NIO adds two swap stations built with oil giant CNPC appeared first on CnEVPost. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost. So far, NIO has built 94 battery swap stations with three energy giants, Sinopec, CNPC and Shell.

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Oil Industry To Crash & Burn By Early 2030s

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This article draws its main points from their recent report, “Russia’s war wakes sleeping renewables giants of post 2030 power,” with comments from me interspersed in between. Rethink Energy is known for its aggressive predictions of the decline of the oil […] That is the conclusion of the researchers at UK’s Rethink Energy.

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New Zealand Grandma Builds Her Own EV To Own Big Oil

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An article in The Guardian shows us that you don’t need $50,000 to buy an EV, even in this market. A grandmother in New Zealand found herself mad at oil companies, and one day she decided that she wanted to be done giving them her hard-earned money, so she worked with a friend to build […].

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SAIC joins forces with CATL and two oil giants to offer battery swap services

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The post SAIC joins forces with CATL and two oil giants to offer battery swap services appeared first on CnEVPost. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost. SAIC's Rising Auto, Roewe, MG and Maxus brands will launch battery swap-enabled models, with the Rising Auto R7 being the first such model.

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The $32-Trillion Push To Disrupt The Entire Oil Industry

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Global oil and gas companies are increasingly facing an uphill battle as global warming policies are taking their toll. Most analysts and market watchers are focusing on peak oil demand scenarios, but the reality could be much darker. by Cyril Widdershoven for Oilprice.com.

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Huge Backlog Could Trigger New Wave Of Shale Oil

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The latest crash in oil prices once again raises this prospect. On the one hand, lower oil prices – despite the recent rebound, prices are still down sharply from a few months ago – can cause some E&Ps to want to hold off on drilling new wells. oil production aloft at a time when low prices are starting to curtail drilling activity.

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