while in the Ukraine people are dying and the West wants to stop Putin’s war machine with an oil embargo, the oil companies like Shell, bp, Saudi Aramco posts billion-dollar profits at record level. The war in Ukraine gives them the arguments to drive up gas prices at gas stations. Even the state-financed tank discount has not been able to change anything fundamental. The result: Politicians are discussing whether they want the extra profits from the mineral oil companies can skim off again.
Are the mineral oil companies really getting all the returns they can from the business – beyond the socially acceptable limit?
What is driving the European multinationals like Shell or BP?
And how does the new oil boom fit in with the actual goal of converting into a green energy supplier?
Kirsten Bialdiga, correspondent for manager magazin and, among other things, an expert on the energy industry, provides information on this in this podcast in conversation with editor-in-chief Sven Clausen.
In the “Das Thema” podcast, the editor-in-chief of manager magazin provides information every Friday about the status of research on a relevant, current and at the same time promising economic topic. You can watch the podcast via manager magazin as well as on Spotify
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