Can the world's largest oil and gas companies actually reach net-zero?

Nature · Published 7 October 2026 Swipe more like this →

In short: Bjørn Otto Sverdrup explores a realistic roadmap for decarbonizing the oil and gas industry. He examines how the sector might pivot toward net-zero operations and transform its role in the global energy economy.

Heading the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OCGI), Sverdrup unites twelve chief executives from the globe's premier oil and gas firms. The group focuses on a singular, ambitious objective: driving drastic reductions in carbon emissions from one of the primary contributors to climate change. The discussion explores how these companies might reimagine their role in the energy transition and influence shifts in global energy consumption.

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