Contents From the book
Chapter 1…………………………………………………………………………………………….. 1
Put Your Money on the Permian: The Phar Lap of Oil and Gas Basins
Chapter 2…………………………………………………………………………………………….. 6
Vicki Hollub and Joe Biden: Unlikely Ties Between Energy Security
and Energy Transition
Chapter 3…………………………………………………………………………………………… 13
The Profit Dilemma for Fossil Fuel Companies:
Energy Security versus Climate Security
Chapter 4…………………………………………………………………………………………… 20
The Golden Age for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
Chapter 5…………………………………………………………………………………………… 30
A Fresh Reading of Exxon’s Predictions of Global Warming
and Climate Change from Forty Years Ago
Chapter 6…………………………………………………………………………………………… 38
A Transformative Leap to Control US Emissions:
Oil Companies and Government Shaking Hands
Chapter 7…………………………………………………………………………………………… 48
ExxonMobil Buys Pioneer and Fortifies Its Traditional Energy Influence
Chapter 8…………………………………………………………………………………………… 52
ExxonMobil Plus Pioneer Will Be the Influence-Shaper
for Oil and Climate
Chapter 9…………………………………………………………………………………………… 61
Occidental Is Sticking to Direct Air Capture of Emissions,
and so is Warren Buffet
Chapter 10………………………………………………………………………………………… 65
BP Is Shaping Climate Security While Adjusting Profit Margins
Chapter 11…………………………………………………………………………………………. 74
Oil and Gas Companies Are Jumping on Hydrogen, but Is It Overrated?
Chapter 12………………………………………………………………………………………… 86
Three Reasons Why Oil and Gas Should Keep an Eye
on the Battery Transition
Chapter 13………………………………………………………………………………………… 96
Battery Deployment and Success in the Transition Down Under
Chapter 14………………………………………………………………………………………. 106
California Lawsuit against Big Oil: What the Jury Needs to Know
Chapter 15………………………………………………………………………………………. 114
California Lawsuit: Killer Weather Extremes Are Not Getting Worse
Chapter 16………………………………………………………………………………………. 126
Who is Responsible for Billion-Dollar Extreme Weather Events in the US?
Chapter 17………………………………………………………………………………………. 135
What the President’s Permit Pause Means for the Golden Age
of Liquefied Natural Gas
Chapter 18………………………………………………………………………………………. 146
COP28 Results after Two Weeks of Dancing around Oil and Gas
Chapter 19………………………………………………………………………………………. 150
Can the World Reach Net-Zero by 2050 without
Radical New Technologies?
Chapter 20………………………………………………………………………………………. 168
What Has Been Learned about the Oil and Gas Industry
as it Pivots toward Climate Change?
