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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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Responsible Exit Principles for Oil and Gas Companies
Asset disposals are commonplace in the oil and gas industry, and M&A has long been a feature of the industry. Yet, as the energy...Oil and Gas Least-Cost Methodology
Carbon Tracker Methodology In a series of reports since 2011, Carbon Tracker has explored the financial implications of the global...Investor Call to Action: FCA Consultation on New Disclosure Rules
The FCA have just announced a Prospectus Review. Specifically, we draw your attention to a key section in the FCA’s consultation...Paris Maligned II
Paris Maligned II: Climate alignment assessments reveal oil and gas company transition risk exposure The window of time to achieve the...Curb Your Enthusiasm: Bridging the gap between the UK’s CCUS targets and reality
The UK Government’s CCUS strategy risks locking consumers into a high-cost, fossil-based future, despite cleaner and cheaper alternatives...Crude Intentions II: How oil and gas execs are still incentivised to grow production despite peaking demand
Crude Intentions II As the energy transition continues to accelerate, demand for each of the fossil fuels is likely to peak before 2030....Popular Reads
Curb Your Enthusiasm: Bridging the gap between the UK’s CCUS targets and reality
We carry out scenario analysis and research to examine and understand how potential changes to supply and...
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We carry out scenario analysis and research to examine and understand how potential changes to supply and...
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 MoreAs a research provider, we conduct financial analysis and have developed a set of alignment assessments to help investors...
Read MorePrivate Eyes Wide Shut: Private Equity Investments in Oil and Gas at Risk...
Oil & Gas Report January 2024It is increasingly clear that the energy transition is well underway, with renewables substituting for oil and...
Read MoreFrom Net Zero to New Zero – Reserves Estimates in a Decarbonizing...
Accounting, Audit, & Disclosure Report December 2023Oil and gas reserve classification systems today are focused on the value oil and gas has when burnt. Devised in the first part...
Read MoreStrategies for oil and gas companies to respond to the substitution challenge of the energy transition There can be no...
Read MoreCalifornia’s oil and gas producing resources have been in overall decline for nearly four decades, but the industry turned a...
Read MoreIn response to state regulations, Colorado oil and gas well operators have submitted their financial assurance plans. On this...
Read More1.5°C-alignment requires production declines, but most oil & gas companies are planning to expand Oil and gas companies...
Read MoreOver $1 trillion of oil & gas assets risk becoming stranded as a result of policy action on climate and the rise in...
Read MoreFossil fuel commodity prices are likely to remain volatile with the prospect for further embargos. This is a manifestation of non...
Read MoreDouble or Nothing: How regulators are gambling on the future self-interest...
Oil & Gas Report June 2022The Gulf of Mexico has long been a major oil and gas producing region for the U.S., but field depletion in shallower regions near...
Read MoreThe risks associated with gas infrastructure investment have never been higher This report continues our series exploring the...
Read MoreCarbon Tracker recently announced that it was creating a Global Registry of Fossil Fuels, the “Registry,” which will be a...
Read MoreUnabated gas plants’ future role in the power system should be predominantly limited to backup reserve to allow for flexible...
Read MoreCompared to other large oil and gas producing states, California and Ohio rank last in forcing the closure of idled, abandoned...
Read MoreCommitting to net zero is not enough – the emissions reduction pathway is critical Carbon Tracker’s fifth annual...
Read MoreA Clean Energy Portfolio (CEP) is already more competitive than new combined-cycle gas plants (CCGTs) in Italy. Foot Off the Gas...
Read MoreNel presente studio analizziamo l’attuabilità finanziaria di nuove centrali a gas in Italia, confrontandone il costo con...
Read MoreBetting on new gas today means shouldering consumers with higher prices tomorrow as well as missing the net zero pathway the UK...
Read MoreFossil fuel-reliant countries could see a drop of 51% in government oil and gas revenues in a shift to a low-carbon world over...
Read MoreIn a series of reports since 2011, Carbon Tracker has shown the financial and stranded asset risks to fossil fuel producers...
Read MoreBillion Dollar Orphans: Why millions of oil and gas wells could become...
Oil & Gas Report October 2020There are 2.6 million unplugged onshore wells in the U.S., with another estimated 1.2 million that are undocumented. In It’s...
Read MoreClick here to view Carbon Tracker's Annual Review 2019 In 2019 our objective was to accelerate the energy transition by...
Read MoreCarbon Tracker pioneered work on the oil and gas industry’s “stranded assets”; as investors increasingly ask whether oil...
Read MoreSouth Korea needs to phase-out unabated gas by 2050 in a Paris-aligned scenario or potentially risk $60 billion in stranded...
Read MoreTo deflate the carbon bubble and protect investors, oil & gas companies must shrink The world’s listed oil and gas majors...
Read MoreCarbon Tracker's mission is to align investors strategies to climate change action. We recognise that there is...
Read MoreThis report provides an update to our 2017 and 2018 "2 Degrees of Separation" reports, along with an updated methodology. The...
Read MoreIn this study we review the remuneration practice used in the oil and gas industry and look at alignment with either growth or...
Read MoreMarket counts down to the MSR The EU carbon market has been the hottest commodity market in the world over the last 16...
Read MoreThis report updates our 2 Degrees of Separation report, published in June 2017 2 Degrees of Separation laid out a framework...
Read MoreClosing the Gap to a Paris-compliant EU-ETS Carbon pricing, whether via cap-and-trade schemes or taxes, is not sufficient on...
Read MoreThis study updates our report 2 Degrees of Separation, and for the first time quantifies risk of overinvestment under a 1.75ᵒC...
Read MoreWhat does a 2°C scenario mean for future refining capacity? In this paper, we look at how a scenario for oil demand that is...
Read MoreExplore the report webpage: 2degreeseparation.com This report, produced by Carbon Tracker, Principles for Responsible...
Read MoreCarbon Tracker’s work on the energy transition has already demonstrated the value in challenging traditional energy model...
Read MoreWhy a 2°C business model is less risky than 'business-as-usual' for oil companies. The business model for many companies in the...
Read MoreU.S. and European oil and gas companies are under increasing pressure from shareholders to stress test their businesses against a...
Read MoreOil majors could be worth up to $140 billion more by aligning production with climate targets
Read MoreThe flaws in the business models of some of the largest US shale producers are becoming clear. Growing levels of debt are...
Read MoreThe data is clear – the energy transition is underway, and the direction of travel is away from fossil fuels. But not everyone...
Read MoreLow carbon scenarios do include the potential for gas demand to grow over the next decade. But if we are to stay within a carbon...
Read MoreUS shale production has prompted increased volatility in the oil markets, as exemplified by the 50% drop in prices during the...
Read MoreThe 2015 Oil Spending Review is in Full Swing With oil prices collapsing to between $50/$60 a barrel (at the...
Read MoreDuring 2014, following in the footsteps of Shell and ExxonMobil, oil and gas industry association IPIECA published a “fact...
Read MoreShell underestimates risk for up to $77 bln of high cost oil projects The Carbon Tracker Initiative (CTI) and Energy...
Read MoreThis report is a risk analysis which provides a tool for the majority of investors who cannot simply divest, so they can...
Read MoreExxon: Is business as normal the right strategy? Earlier this month, ExxonMobil published a document entitled, “Energy and...
Read MoreCarbon Tracker respond to the US Department of State's Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (FSEIS) with our new...
Read MoreThis new research from Carbon Tracker and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants reveals that current financial...
Read MoreThe fourth in the series of Carbon Tracker's Unburnable Carbon reports, focuses on Brazil - a country with the fascinating...
Read MoreThis new research from Carbon Tracker and the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at LSE calls...
Read MoreCarbon Tracker and Standard & Poors have been working together on the implications of carbon constraints for credit ratings...
Read MoreThis is the original report which pioneered the concept of the 'Carbon Bubble'. This award-winning analysis by Carbon...
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