EnergyCents- Ep 102: Embarrassment of Riches: How the Upstream sector responds to an influx of cash

Buoyed by high commodity prices in 2022, the global upstream sector enters 2023 with a high-class cash-flow problem: what to do with all this money. Among other ideas, governments suggest windfall-profits taxes, investors want dividends and buybacks, and environmentalists seek climate-directed investment. Upstream experts Raoul LeBlanc and Kevin Birn rejoin EnergyCents with host Hill Vaden to discuss the operating environment for Upstream players in 2023, and how executives may balance competing pressures to reinvest in fossil fuels, diversify into new technologies, and/or share profits with stakeholders. Learn more about S&P Global Commodity Insights' Upstream Emissions coverage here: https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights/en/ci/products/upstream-emissions.html Join the conversation at [email protected]

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