Vice-President and head of ExxonMobil's LNG business Peter Clarke at CERAWeek in 2024
Gas may be bridge fuel for centuries
Energy majors argue transition debate has started to factor in the complexities of demand shifts and the wider role for gas
The dialogue around the energy transition has become more nuanced since momentum began to build in the middle of last decade, with an eventful past three years acting as a reality check on how quickly the transition can proceed and the need to embrace a more holistic approach that includes a role for gas, senior IOC executives said at the World Gas Conference in Beijing in May. “[A reality check] has to some degree occurred, maybe, in terms of overall global awareness about how energy systems and infrastructure work, and the amount of investment that has occurred over time,” Kirk Johnson, senior vice-president of global operations for superindie ConocoPhillips, said on a panel with LNG execu
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