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Shell sold millions of ‘phantom’ carbon credits

Financial Times: Scheme let Shell register credits equal to twice volume of CO2 captured.

No staff equals cheaper petrol? ComCom says yes

Watchdog weighs in on pressures it says are needed to get petrol prices down.

Exxon chief earns four times as much as bosses at Shell and BP

Financial Times: The $61.4m packet underlines vast disparity between European and US pay.

NZ gas supply: 'Alarms are ringing' as reserves expected to run out within 10 years

Experts say NZ needs gas to help bridge its move to renewable energy.

Will the oil price rally continue?

Financial Times: Traders are asking how much further oil can rally.

Chlöe Swarbrick: A country is not a company and a PM is not a CEO

OPINION: We are living in the consequences of decisions made by human beings.

NZ still spending more than it earns - but the deficit shrinks as tourists return

The goods deficit narrowed as we imported less, despite falling export returns.

Government exploring ‘corporate welfare’ for oil and gas

National and Act supportive of giving oil and gas companies certainty in their future.

Lego ditches oil-free bricks in sustainability setback

Financial Times: Lego says the new material would have a bigger carbon footprint.

BP’s board started fresh probe into Bernard Looney’s conduct last week

Financial Times: New claims regarding undisclosed relations with colleagues.

Trustees hopeful drillers will be kept off historical lands

Concerns about the oil and gas industry included physical land disturbance, pollution.

Gas mogul who redrew energy map clings to ranch after loans come due

Financial Times: He pioneered the American LNG boom but now warns of homelessness.

How Kaikōura’s world-famous deep sealife bounced back from earthquake wipe-out

Scientists amazed at sealife recovery after one of world's biggest canyon-flushing events.

Fake email trial: Grandmother found guilty of forgery

Woman wrote a fake postponement email for a petroleum-industry conference.

Opinion: What are the alternatives to natural gas?

The way we choose to cook or heat our homes is increasingly becoming a sore point.

Specialist vessel arrival to begin final phase of Tui oil field decommissioning

The Q7000 will plug and formally abandon wells across the Taranaki oil field.