'Clock is ticking': Analysts warn that following BP decision, oil sector should brace for more write-downs

Michael Holder
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Carbon Tracker analysis details how four European oil majors have now taken hits to their asset valuation as net zero transition gathers pace

The "clock is ticking" towards yet more major write-downs across the oil and gas sector, Carbon Tracker has warned, with four European companies having now wiped billions of dollars off the value of their...

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