Occidental Petroleum to announce net zero 'ambition'

James S Murray
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US oil and gas giant says it is finalising a new strategy to deliver net zero emissions from its operations by 2040 and from its products by 2050

Occidental Petroleum has become the first US oil and gas major to join the industry's embrace of net zero emission targets, revealing that it is poised to announce a new net zero target. In an earnings...

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