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We carry out scenario analysis and research to examine and understand how potential changes to supply and demand will impact the future of fossil fuel-exposed companies and projects. This analysis helps the investment community better understand the financial implications of tackling climate change
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Decline and Fall: The Size & Vulnerability of the...
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Zone de danger des 2 mille milliards de dollars...
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Political decisions, economic realities: The...
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The Sky’s the Limit: Solar and wind energy...
Energy is a very long game: yet fossil fuel companies are taking a lot of...
Energy Transition Blog February 2024Oil and gas incumbents are doubling down on investment and their financial backers are exiting governance bodies: this raises the...
Read MoreFalse Start: How Colorado’s bonding rules failed to increase coverage
Asset Retirement Obligation Report February 2024In March of 2022, the ECMC announced Colorado’s new financial assurance rules with much fanfare, referring to the Rules as the...
Read MoreMajor oil and gas companies still have choices about how to minimise the risk of having stranded assets, for now. Early in...
Read MoreIn response to state regulations, Colorado oil and gas well operators have submitted their financial assurance plans. On this...
Read MoreInvestors Need to Look Carefully at Stranded Asset Risks
Regulatory & Policy Guest Blog January 2023This article was first published by Brink News, with thanks to Thomas Carver. The shift away from a carbon-based economy risks...
Read MoreColorado’s new financial assurance rules will help mitigate orphan well risk, but the benefits are blunted by substantial...
Read MoreWith respect to asset retirement obligations in the oil patch, every regulator has to answer three questions: How do you...
Read MoreIn January, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) will vote on the new financial assurance rules for Colorado,...
Read MoreWhen a well is drilled, a legal obligation to plug the well and reclaim the surface is created This is a critical aspect of...
Read MoreSummary As the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission’s (COGCC) seeks to fulfill its statutory mandate to “require...
Read MoreColorado’s ineffective financial assurance and well plugging rules have allowed the growth of a large portfolio of marginal and...
Read MoreThere’s a quip about lawyers that goes 99% of attorneys give the rest a bad name. The same can be said about oil producers...
Read More“Having looked to government for bread, on the first scarcity they will turn and bite the hand that fed them.” Edmund...
Read MoreIn 2016, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has a major opportunity to develop a new industry, an opportunity that became something of...
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