Woodside’s new boss on frontline of a ferocious battle
Meg O’Neil, says taking over BHP’s oil and gas assets will provide more flexibility to invest in lower carbon energy. Investors will still be sceptical.
Meg O’Neill’s official ascension to head an expanded Woodside Petroleum puts her in the front line of an increasingly ferocious battle about the future of oil and gas in a decarbonising world.
The new CEO of what will become one of the global top 10 LNG producers naturally insists that she will be running a low-carbon business as well as a low-cost one.
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