Category: Oil & Oil Companies
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Belgian Green Leader is against oil companies and wants a Trump Tax
New Belgian Green Leader is anti oil companies and wants a Trump Tax.
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TotalEnergies CEO causes oil market crash
Watch the clip Satirical Note Relax, it’s a joke. In the middle of the ongoing energy crisis — fueled by geopolitical tensions, wars, sanctions, and the general sense that the global oil market runs on caffeine and panic — the financial world briefly believed it had just received the mother of all insider signals. The…
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BlackRock CEO warns of global recession if oil price hits $150
Personal Remarks A spike to $300 per barrel would trigger an immediate and total collapse of the EU. Europe is in a downward spiral, and Germany bears a fair share of the blame. Ursula von der Leyen’s aggressive push for the Green Deal, her crusade to cut off Russian gas, and her inability to connect…
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Oil wealth: Saudi Arabia vs Australia
How Oil-Rich Western Countries Failed Their Own Citizens
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Greenland given to Trump if oil prices rises
Let’s play a completely hypothetical (and definitely not alarming) game: what would it take for Europe to hand over Greenland to Donald Trump—for free? Simple. All we need is oil to hit $350 per barrel and stay there for six straight months. At that point, European leaders might not just reconsider energy policy—they might start…
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Japan selects US as primary oil and energy supplier
Japan recently solidified its energy security by signing $56 billion in deals with the U.S. for oil, gas, and LNG. Finalized at the Asia-Pacific Energy Security Forum on March 14, 2026, the agreement marks a strategic shift under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to reduce import risks and strengthen the U.S.-Japan economic alliance amidst global instability. Japan took a strategic decision: I have…
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Oil wealth: US vs Saudi Arabia (Video)
Unfortunately, my American friends didn’t quite get the oil wealth distribution right. I mean, even the Arabs did it better … Play the video
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Qatar’s Superior Redistribution Framework
Yes, Qatar redistributes its oil and natural gas wealth to its citizens, which has resulted in one of the highest per capita GDPs in the world. The government uses this wealth to provide substantial benefits, including high-paying public sector jobs, free electricity, and free healthcare. Key aspects of how Qatar redistributes its wealth include: While…
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Energy Secretary Addresses US–Venezuelan Oil Relationship
I appreciate the transparency of U.S. policy. They don’t wrap it in moralistic rhetoric or claims of superiority like we often hear from the EU. With the current US policies, what you see is what you get. Watch View this post on Instagram A post shared by VICE News (@vicenews)
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Streetwise Strategies in US Imperial Oil Hegemony
While the European Union is attempting to phase crude oil out of its energy equation in favor of Green Deal–aligned alternatives such as vegetable-based fuels, the United States could consolidate its position as the world’s dominant energy power almost overnight. It is important to remember that modern economies were built as carbon economies. They rely…
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Iraq (Basra) oil infrastructure destroyed (Video)
Watch View this post on Instagram A post shared by Danyal Alam (@global_military_forum)
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Major Iranian oil depots and refinery destroyed (Videos)
The attacks spark large fires as they hit four oil storage facilities and an oil production transfer centre in Tehran and Alborz. The Aghdasieh oil warehouse in northeast Tehran, the Tehran refinery in the south, the Shahran oil depot in the west of Tehran, and an oil depot in Karaj city were the facilities targeted.…
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Greenpeace protest against ENI sponsorship Olympic Games
Personal Opinion It’s better to have an oil company sponsoring the Olympic Games than a junk food producer. It was a good idea to have an Italian company sponsoring the Olympic Games in Italy. What I disliked more was to have Snoop Dogg as an Olympic Games ambassador. What an immoral choice. Watch the video…
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The ENI-Ambrosiano Scandal
I have long been intrigued by the geopolitical influence of oil companies. While I once assumed that nationalization was superior to privatization, I have since realized that ‘national’ oil companies are not inherently better managed than their private counterparts.
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Which oil companies are the least responsible?
Dear ChatGPT, Which oil companies are the least responsible? i’ve copy pasted the answer wthout edit.
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The Rockefeller ‘Fossil’ Oil Conspiracy (Video)
The Rockefeller lie perdured until today and still the lie hasn’t been corrected officially. It’s remarkable that our society has been built on lies. Free 3 minutes video.
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California may file more plastics recycling lawsuits
https://www.reuters.com/world/california-looking-more-trump-plastics-lawsuits-attorney-general-bonta-says-2025-09-24
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Did ENI write the speech of Italian PM Meloni?
Greenpeace replied to my emails and from what I understood: ENI wrote the speech of Italian Prime Minister Meloni at the COP 29. This is a FREE article
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Will ENI profiteer from the Gaza conflict?
The following particular sensitive information was brought to my attention. This is a FREE article.
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ENI to increase collaboration with the US
Google translation (ANSA) – ROME, SEPTEMBER 12 – During a series of meetings, U.S. Ambassador Tilman Fertitta, U.S. Secretary of the Interior and Chairman of the National Energy Dominance Council Doug Burgum, and U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright met with Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi for an update on Eni’s activities with U.S. partners and…
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Systematic attribution of heatwaves to the emissions of oil and gas majors
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09450-9
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ENI launched a new company to manage its oilfield chemicals business
ENI is preparing to get rid of Versalis by peeling off profitable assets
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Most Countries in the World Were Ready for a Historic Plastic Agreement. Oil Giants Killed It
https://www.zmescience.com/science/most-countries-in-the-world-were-ready-for-a-historic-plastic-agreement-oil-giants-killed-it
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NGOs complain about fossil ads to OECD
What about human rights abuses on palm oil plantations? What about human rights abuses in China with the solar panels?
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COP needs to curb on fossil fuel lobbying
That’s hypocrisy … what it should say: COP needs to curb on industry lobbying. Since when has the UN become a corporatist organisation?
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TotalEnergies uses Mozambique army to kill, rape and torture local population
When TotalEnergies is not busy contaminating our food chain with polylactic acid, or toppling an African government … they usually go back to their core business: murdering innocent African civilians
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Report says media comfortable forming partnerships with anti-plastic climate activists
I’m not convinced as the cited NGOs are linked and funded by the Rockefeller family. The Rockefeller patriarch was involved in many fossil oil conspiracies and was the brain behind the biggest crude oil conspiracy of all time: corrupting the media and science to manipulate the public perception that crude oil was a fossil ressource…
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Crude oil prices analysis 1960-2024 (FREE)
A few reflections on the impact of crude role prices on society. This is a FREE article.
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Big Oil claims chemical recycling is the future of plastic. It’s pure delusion
Big Oil claims chemical recycling is the future of plastic. It’s pure delusion — The bioplastic industry was built on unfair commercial practices. A combination of aggressive lobbying, misappropriation of EU funds and ostracising the competition and independent media. To undo the bad karma, we must go back to the bioplastic birthplace and undo the…
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Fossil fuel ads work on you too – here’s how
Fossil fuel ads work on you too – here’s how
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Shell abandons 2035 emissions target and weakens 2030 goal
Shell abandons 2035 emissions target and weakens 2030 goal
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Why the oil and chemical lobby is taking aim at New York’s plastic waste bill
The bill’s passage could be pivotal in the fight to rein in plastics, and the industry knows it.
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TotalEnergies starts new legal procedure against Greenpeace
Greenpeace claims that TotalEnergies is lying about its real carbon and GHG footprint. Imagine if, somewhere down the line, Greenpeace looks at the LCAs of Luminy PLA too. Was Corbion wisely advised to pull the plug on the French PLA plant?
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Just stop Oil activists are convicted of aggravated trespass
Three Just Stop Oil activists were convicted in the UK.
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NGOs call to boycott marketing agencies working for big polluters
Non-profit calls on investors to divest from advertising agencies working for polluting clients
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Big Oil lied about plastic recycling, too, and must be held accountable (Report)
‘They lied’: plastics producers deceived public about recycling, report reveals
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Hedge Funds tells BP to stop investments in renewables
Hedge Funds tells BP to stop investments in renewables
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Gaza and the Fossil Connections
Depending on how you look at history, it is possible to explain the current situation from an oil and gas perspective and narrative. This is a FREE article
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Chevron media battle for the Amazon rainforest
Impressive what Chevron is pulling out of their pocket to win the media battle. This must be a first one.
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Oil climate coalition reports higher green spend, lower methane emissions
As CEOs of OGCI’s member companies, we support the goals of the Paris Agreement, limiting global warming to well below 2°C and pursuing efforts to limit it to 1.5°C. And we recognize that there is a real urgency to act.
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Interview with the oil man tasked with saving the planet (The Guardian)
When Cop28 starts next month, Sultan Al Jaber will be front and centre. He is the United Arab Emirates’ choice to head up the climate talks – and he also happens to be head of the national oil company. What’s the problem with that, he asks
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G20 stops short of fossil fuel phase out as ‘dark cloud’ looms
G20 countries set a goal of tripling renewable energy but fall short of ambition needed to limit global warming to 1.5°C.
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BP CEO Resigns After Sex Scandal
BP CEO was sleeping with his colleagues and had to resign.
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What’s in the fine print of COP28 oil executive president Al Jaber’s climate action plan?
The agenda’s wording hints at what the UAE presidency regards as an “ambitious outcome” for the end-of-the-year climate summit – a mid-century goal to “phase down” fossil fuels. Will this be sufficient to keep the 1.5°C goal alive?
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COP28 is turning into a Farce Says The Guardian
‘Absolute scandal’: UAE state oil firm able to read Cop28 climate summit emails
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NL Prime Minister Lobbied for Shell to get EU Subsidies (FREE)
Rutte interfered to help Shell get €150 million subsidy for hydrogen power site: report
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Shell Polymers Trends Report 2023
Each year, Shell Polymers releases a report to help product development and procurement teams (or anyone looking for the latest polyethylene insights) meet the shifting demands that are placed on converters, and 2023 is no different.
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Shell AGM Interrupted by Activists
Chaos at Shell AGM as climate protesters sing ‘Go to Hell, Shell’! — Probably one of the better climate protests I have seen.
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Goldman Sachs on Future Oil Prices
Oil prices could hit $107 by year’s end—if OPEC stands firm
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Ecuadorian Oil Industry Involved in Assassination of Activist
Ecuadorian Indigenous Leader Eduardo Mendúa Assassinated at His Home — Just when I thought that the oil industry was becoming clean …. This is the fine line between “agenda” and “conspiracy”.
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Google and the Big Oil Connections
Google is selling oil firms valuable digital real estate that they use to downplay their role in climate change, despite the search engine giant pledging it would stop taking money for ads that counter the scientific consensus on global warming
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PE Trends 2022 Report by Shell
Converters Can Stay Ahead of Polymer Trends to Meet Rising Demands
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Nigeria Loses Crude Oil Cuctomers
Number of crude oil buyers from Nigeria had been decreasing — Blah blah blah blah
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What’s Really Happening to Fossil Assets?
A lot of attention is given to investors opting to divest from fossil fuel or carbon intensive assets. Comparatively little focus is on who purchases these assets — I knew there was something fishy about the “anti-fossil”; now there’s even a doctrine … why hide it when you can indoctrinate it? It’s all about transferring…
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Shell, BP, Exxon Leaked Emails Reveal Climate Tactics and Greenwashing
Oil and gas companies may commit to net zero goals in public – but internal emails tell a different story — Funnily enough, there’s never a leak as to how those companies interfere with democratic processes and institutions. Follow the money, look at the shareholders, not the companies or the oil.
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Reuters Bends to Biofuel Pressure
Reuters bends to pressure from the biofuel industry — There’s clearly an agenda to greenwash the “bio” industry. What if there was an ulterior motive to all of this; like a secret agenda to force Saudi Arabia and other countries to privatise their oil reserves to the benefit of Anglo Saxon financial markets?
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The Oil Empire Fairy Tale
The birth of the Middle Eastern oil empire and how the quest for oil became a conspiracy for world domination. This article focusses on the early days of the Middle Eastern oil industry. This is a FREE article.
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Greenwashing Report on 5 Oil Majors
This latest report compares and contrasts the public communications, business operations, and policy engagement of 5 ‘supermajor’ oil companies: BP, Shell, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and TotalEnergies — Hé, TotalEnergies … the company that used to preside over European Bioplastics. There’s seem to be a gap between what they say and what they do.
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Australian Fossil Ad Ban Campaign
A publicity campaign launched in Australia to pressure the government and media companies to remove advertising for fossil fuels products from public spaces has been backed by leading healthcare organisations — One needs to make the difference between “oil” and “oil companies”.
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Shell Orders Bio Isobutene from Global Bioenergies
Global Bioenergies secures first order from Shell for testing volumes of bio-isobutene derivatives
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Macron Becomes Oil Salesman (FREE)
When politicians become snake oil salesmen. This is a FREE article
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Oil Majors Are Greenwashing on Climate Action
The clean energy claims of BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell: A mismatch between discourse, actions and investments
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Reorganisation at ExxonMobil (FREE)
ExxonMobil streamlines structure to enhance effectiveness, grow value, reduce costs. This is a FREE article
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Shell Carbon Capture Plant Fiasco
Shell’s fossil hydrogen plant in Canada found to be emitting more climate-wrecking gases than it is capturing
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Campaign Against Influence Fossil Fuel in Universities
Campaign against involvement of fossil fuel companies in Singapore Universities
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Shell and BlueAlp Partner on Chemical Recycling
Shell Invests In Plastic Waste-To-Chemicals Technology Company Bluealp
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Green Skeletons in the Closet of Total Energies (FREE)
Total is greenwashing claims NGO. Insights from Reclaim Finance following the shareholder vote in support of Total’s so-called “climate” plan.
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Oil Industry Position on GHG Reduction and Climate Neutrality
Position paper on the EU policy debate 2030 GHG reduction target and 2050 climate neutrality objective- ROQUETTE, Perfecting the Performance of PET
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Shell Loses NGO Climate Change Lawsuit
Shell lost NL court case against NGOs and has been ordered to reduce its carbon emissions in order to protect the environment from climate change. Here’s the statement of Shell
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ExxonMobil Goes Carbon Capture and Storage
ExxonMobil and carbon capture and storage: A Texas-sized call to action
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Fossil Plastic Plant Marketing
How do you market a fossil plastic plant in current times? Let’s look an an example
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Total Replies to Reclaim Finance and Greenpeace
Total took note of the report: “Total fait du sale: La finance complice?” published by Reclaim Finance and Greenpeace
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Fossil Fuel Non Proliferation Treaty
The world is beginning to recognise that unprecedented levels of international cooperation will be required to prevent the proliferation of fossil fuels, to phase-out existing stockpiles and infrastructure, and to fast-track a just and peaceful transition to safer and cleaner alternatives
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Bubble in Renewable Sector Says Total CEO
Hard Talk with Total CEO. Total CEO throws everything on the table
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Shell Energy Transition Vision
I think the “majors” oil companies could live with a fossil fuel “exit strategy” on two conditions. We allow for a price and production increase for the next 25-30 years to allow profit maximalisation. Then, they will be ready to sell their exploitation rights to smaller national companies who will milk the cow a bit…
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The Double Standard of Shell
There’s too much money to be made in fossil. Why would Western big oil companies give it away to the Chinese?
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Versalis Partners on New Fossil Plastic Plant
Versalis licenses LDPE-EVA technology for MTO project in Uzbekistan. Fossil Plastics is far from dying out!
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Big Oil Flagship Plastic Waste Project Turns into Fiasco
What if the plastic waste projects supported by the world biggest oil companies turn into a fiasco?
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Big Oil Launches CO2 Capture and Storage Circus
Six of the world’s biggest energy companies have joined forces on a project that could cut the UK’s industrial emissions in half
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Oil Industry Predicts the Future
What they’re saying: Experts examine the future of the fuel & petrochemical industries
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Who Owns the Bioplastic Industry?
Have you ever asked yourself: who owns the bioplastic companies?
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The Carbon Footprint Scam
Big oil distracts from their carbon footprint by tricking you to focus on yours
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California Bans Internal Combustion Engines
Americans are the sustainability leaders; not the Europeans!
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Carbon Footprint is a BP Scam
The real message is that pollution is your problem, not the fault of the industry mass-producing cheap bottles. BP first promoted and successfully popularized the term “carbon footprint”. The company unveiled its “carbon footprint calculator” in 2004 so one could assess how their normal daily life is largely responsible for heating the globe.
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UK Goes Fossil Oil
In the meantime, business as usual in oil land. The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has offered for award 113 licence areas over 260 blocks or part-blocks to 65 companies in the 32nd Offshore Licensing Round.
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The Final Battle of the Fossil Oil Industry
It’s becoming clear which strategy the fossil oil industry will apply to remain in control. The fossil oil industry shouldn’t be under estimated.
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ExxonMobil Goes BioPolymers
The Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation (CCEI) and ExxonMobil team-up to research on the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into polymers.
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