Gas ‘essential’ to the energy transition: Dudley
Hitting net-zero carbon emissions is impossible without natural gas, CCS and hydrogen, says departing BP leader
Bob Dudley used his final Oil & Money conference appearance as BP chief executive to passionately defend the role of natural gas in combating climate change. He says the fuel is under attack—not least from Extinction Rebellion protestors camped outside the event—and the industry has the responsibility to win over a sceptical public. Dudley, perhaps speaking more freely since announcing last week that BP upstream chief executive Bernard Looney will succeed him the end of the first quarter of next year, is concerned that “gas is being increasingly marginalised, even vilified and demonised” despite its hugely lower carbon footprint than other fossil fuels. “Some folks are saying that gas
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