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How women can help fill the oil and gas industry’s talent gap

New research identifies why women fail to advance—and suggests what the industry can do about it.    Companies that have a significant share of female leaders outperform their peers, according to McKinsey research. Companies in the oil and gas (O&G) industry should carefully consider this insight, given that the industry has struggled to attract, retain,…

The future of liquefied natural gas: Opportunities for growth

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated LNG market trends that were already underway. LNG players must pursue improvement in five areas to adapt to new conditions and seize opportunities for growth.    The liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry is experiencing low prices and oversupply. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the LNG market was set for oversupply…

Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment

Falling clean energy costs provide opportunity to boost climate action in COVID-19 recovery packages   Angus McCrone, Ulf Moslener, Francoise d’Estais, Christine Grüning, Malin Emmerich (Concept and editorial oversight) Published: 10 June 2020 As COVID-19 hits the fossil fuel industry, the GTR 2020 shows that renewable energy is more cost-effective than ever – providing an…

The new face of oil & gas – recruiting for 2020

The future of oil and gas depends upon recruiting more millennials as engineers. The sector’s failure may be down to perception rather than reality but that still matters, argues Brian Attwood. The Royal Academy of Engineering’s #ThisIsEngineering campaign highlights, as others have done, the annual demand for thousands of engineers and technicians with core engineering…

That natural gas power plant with no carbon emissions or air pollution? It works.

The carbon-capture game is about to change. Back in April of 2016, I wrote about an exciting new technology for which construction was just getting underway: the Net Power natural gas power plant. It promised to capture its own carbon dioxide emissions, not in a separate, expensive, power-intensive process like conventional carbon-capture facilities, but as…

UK could tap into Africa’s $24bn market for off-grid solar power

Rapidly growing sector could prove lucrative as Britain seeks post-Brexit trade opportunities UK investors could seize a $24bn investment opportunity by helping to connect millions of people without access to electricity to off-grid home solar power systems. The market for pay-as-you-go home solar packages is expected to boom in Africa, where millions of homes are…