After the most tumultuous year that Big Oil has endured in decades, the industry is rapidly trying to reshape itself for a new era in energy as the world accelerates the transition away from fossil fuels

A potential economic boom for Mozambique in the form of the discovery of liquefied natural gas could be hampered by insurgency as well as fears that natural gas will be left behind by renewables

Having been on the agenda for decades the pressure is currently increasing on companies to come up with zero-emission systems of propulsion

Royal Dutch Shell has announced it will no longer sell shares in its Thai gas field after confirming that it is on track to meet its current divestment target

The Anglo-Dutch oil company has been rocked by corruption allegations related to its 2011 purchase of the OPL 245 oilfield

Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to sell the majority of its Canadian oil sands assets in a bid to curtail falling profits and counteract struggling oil prices

Proponents of Arctic oil have taken a battering this year, although the situation beyond the Western world means that the outlook isn’t all negative

Gazprom and Royal Dutch Shell have agreed to a strategic cooperation deal at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum

Infrastructural insufficiencies and extreme weather conditions have so far proven too big an obstacle for energy companies attempting to tap into the Arctic’s vast hydrocarbon reserves. But that may be about to change