博彩对冲

博彩对冲 announces the launch of a new benchmark that assesses which oil and gas companies are best placed to survive the energy transition 鈥� and which are most exposed 鈥� as part of its new Energy Transition Service. The Vulnerability Index finds that all 25 companies covered are at risk but to widely varying degrees depending on the resilience of their current portfolios and their plans to adapt or transform their businesses.

European majors Total and Royal Dutch Shell are best positioned. Total narrowly beats Shell to first place, followed by Eni and Equinor. BP sits further back in 10th place with a less-developed energy transition strategy and weaker financial position, but the dramatic strategic shift announced by new CEO Bernard Looney shows the supermajor鈥檚 intentions of catching up.

US independents 鈥� Apache, Hess, Noble, Occidental and ConocoPhillips 鈥� are clustered at the other end of the index and are most vulnerable. These companies face an existential threat due to non-resilient portfolios and weak transition adaptation strategies. 鈥淚ndependent E&Ps need to improve their financial resilience and take decisive steps to lower their carbon intensity and diversify operations,鈥� says TJ Conway, 博彩对冲鈥檚 Director of Energy Transition Research. 鈥淏usiness as usual is not an option for them longer term.鈥�

Top national oil companies (NOCs) 鈥� Qatar Petroleum, Petronas and Saudi Aramco 鈥� are leaders in portfolio resilience, but are more vulnerable than is generally assumed, ranking fifth, sixth and 11th, respectively. Other NOCs 鈥� Sinopec, Rosneft and Ecopetrol 鈥� are poorly prepared and rank much lower. 鈥淣OCs鈥� biggest risk is inaction 鈥� even the most resilient firms need to develop strong strategies to adapt and transform their businesses,鈥� says Conway.

US supermajors Exxon Mobil and Chevron sit in the middle of the pack and must still prove the viability of their 鈥淏ig Oil鈥� approach. Although their success hinges on the competitiveness of their portfolios 鈥� on cost and carbon efficiency 鈥� they are currently only mid-tier on financial and operational resilience, on par with their European peers.

博彩对冲鈥檚 pioneering Vulnerability Index quantifies the threat posed by the energy transition to the world鈥檚 biggest oil and gas companies through a rigorous proprietary methodology. The index evaluates firms on 16 factors under two key dimensions:

1. Portfolio Resilience: a company鈥檚 underlying financial and operational health, including its current competitiveness on a commercial and carbon-intensity basis.

2. Adaptation & Transformation: the extent to which a company has outlined and is delivering on plans to survive the transition.

The Vulnerability Index is one of three benchmarks that underpin the Energy Transition Service鈥檚 unique approach to corporate risk analysis. The ESG Climate Risk Benchmark ranks firms on their responses to climate-related investor pressures based on standardized environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria. The Low-Carbon Investment Tracker monitors and analyzes investment activity in low-carbon solutions, including renewables and negative emissions technologies. The indexes currently cover 25 oil and gas companies 鈥�10 top NOCs, the five supermajors, seven leading independent E&Ps and three regional integrated companies.

The benchmarks were created to help the industry navigate the challenges of the energy transition and learn lessons from others, while providing comparative data for investors.

The Energy Transition Service is a new offering from 博彩对冲 that delivers insights, analysis and guidance on how the low-carbon energy transition is unfolding, and which companies and countries are best placed to survive and adapt. The service addresses the crucial 鈥渟o what鈥� question for oil and gas companies struggling to develop effective and profitable strategies through the energy transition.

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