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What role should oil and gas companies play in climate tech?

Casey Crownhart

created: July 24, 2025, 10 a.m. | updated: July 29, 2025, 9:34 a.m.

Standing on top of a drilling rig in the backyard of Nabors’s headquarters, I couldn’t stop thinking about the role oil and gas companies are playing in the energy transition. This industry has resources and energy expertise—but also a vested interest in fossil fuels. There is so much potential for oil and gas companies to play a productive role in addressing climate change. But so far, the industry has hardly lived up to its potential as a positive force for the climate. Also in that report, the IEA pointed out that oil and gas producers made up only about 1% of global investment in climate tech in 2022.

4 months, 2 weeks ago: MIT Technology Review