oil and gas industry

This article reflects on how shareholders, customers and the courts are challenging major oil companies to act on climate change.... Read more

Following a new landmark report from the IEA which says the global energy system reaching net-zero by 2050 means no new supplies of fossil fuels, Bob Ward assesses the implications for the UK’s oil and gas industry. Read more

The Grantham Research Institute submitted this response in July 2020 to a consultation launched by the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) in May 2020 to gather views on its intention to refresh its core aim as stated in its Maximising Economic Recovery Strategy for the UK [MER UK Strategy], which came into force in March 2016. Read more

A letter sent from the Grantham Research Institute’s Policy and Communications Director, Bob Ward, to Andy Samuel, the Chief Executive... Read more

A letter from Bob Ward, Policy and Communications Director, published in the Financial Times, highlighting that governments in the UK and elsewhere need to face up to and address the end of the fossil fuel era. Read more

Recent analysis by the Grantham Research Institute for the Transition Pathway Initiative shed light on how ambitious the recent emissions targets set by the six largest European oil and gas majors really are. Here, the authors summarise the findings. Read more

On 25 February, I made a presentation at International Petroleum Week to make the case for the oil and gas... Read more

Presentation given at the International Petroleum Week event on 25th February 2020. During the presentation Bob Ward makes the case for the oil and gas industry to take ownership of the transition to net zero emissions. Read more

This submission to the Scottish Affairs Committee focuses on the implications for the oil and gas industry in the UK, including Scotland, of the transition to low-carbon economic growth. It calls for the Government’s Industrial Strategy to reconcile its ambitions for the sector with the ‘Clean Growth’ Grand Challenge. Read more