Die Straße von Hormus könnte geöffnet werden – doch die Benzinpreise bleiben hoch, die Kurse der Ölkonzerne auch. Da kommt mancher in Versuchung, sich deren Aktien zu kaufen. Oder doch lieber die Erneuerbaren? Was Sie über die Geldanlage in Energiefirmen wissen müssen.

The era of corporate climate denial is over but in courts around the world the big names have shifted strategy

While the US government continues to call climate change a hoax and attack the science, in courtrooms from The Hague to Honolulu, fossil fuel companies are taking a different approach. Shell, Chevron, RWE and TotalEnergies all accept that climate change is real, human-caused and serious. The era of corporate climate denial, at least in legal proceedings, is largely over.

What has replaced it is a more nuanced position: accepting the science of climate change while contesting their responsibility for it.

Wael Sawan warns of pressure on diesel and petrol if strait of Hormuz does not reopen to oil and gas shipping

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Europe could face a shortage of energy and fuel as soon as next month without a reopening of the strait of Hormuz, Shell’s chief executive has said.

The boss of Europe’s biggest oil company said it was working with governments to help them address the oil and gas supply crisis, which has already led to energy rationing in Asian countries.

BP verkauft eine der größten deutschen Raffinerien an einen US-Investor. Dem gehört schon eine andere Anlage im Land. Die Werke versorgen die Bürger mit Sprit und Heizöl, doch die Geschäfte laufen schlecht.

Energy supply shock from US-Israeli attack on Iran fuels record valuations for Shell, ExxonMobil and Chevron

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Shares in big oil companies have soared to all-time highs since the war in Iran began and sparked historic price rises on global oil and gas markets.

The combined market value of the six stock market-listed western “super majors” has soared by more than $130bn in the two weeks since the first US-Israeli attacks on Iran.

Der Liter Sprit kostet jetzt mehr als zwei Euro. An den Tankstellen rücken die Autofahrer schon mit Kanistern an – und fragen sich: Warum steigen die Preise in Deutschland so viel stärker als anderswo?

Wael Sawan weighs up production project as company boosts dividends despite 22% drop in full-year earnings

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Shell is considering fossil fuel investments in Venezuela worth billions of dollars, according to its chief executive.

Wael Sawan said Europe’s largest oil company is weighing plans for production projects off the Venezuelan coast that could begin yielding gas in the next couple of years. “These are opportunities that could potentially be activated within months,” he told CNBC, adding that the company was now awaiting approvals.