The second quarter of the year has been a real profit bonanza for Big Oil with almost all members reporting record-smashing numbers with TotalEnergies and Eni reporting pretty much the same.
BP has decided to raise its dividend and boost share buybacks after second-quarter profits hit a 14-year high due to higher refining margins and trading.
After Joe Manchin delivered a fatal blow to climate change legislation championed by Biden, White House officials began making plans for the president to take matters into his own hands.
President Biden called climate change an 'existential threat' and unveiled new policies to fight its effects - including opening additional offshore areas to wind farms
A shortage of refining capacity, compounded by a reduction in exports of Russian oil products since the invasion of Ukraine, have pushed road fuel prices to record levels in many countries.