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Regional banks increase lending to oil/gas clients

A study by Pickering Energy Partners shows banks across the U.S. are backing away even more from their climate goals and previous wary stance against the oil and gas industry.

Regional banks are actually increasing their efforts to finance the energy industry, rather than using environmental, social and governance policies to avoid making loans to oil and gas operators.

TotalEnergies to invest $600 million in Republic of Congo’s exploration, production sector

Oil and gas supermajor TotalEnergies has announced that it will invest $600 million to strengthen exploration and production activities in the Republic of Congo in 2024. The investment will be used to finance exploration and maintain production in the country’s deep offshore Moho Nord field, which accounts for approximately half of all Congolese oil production, or roughly 140,000 bpd.