Analysts Expect More Oil and Gas Mergers. What Could That Mean for the Climate?

It depends on multiple factors. But as one expert put it, “if they’re not producing those barrels of oil, somebody else will.”

By Deep Vakil
July 19, 2025
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Deep Vakil

Deep Vakil is a New York City-based investigative reporter and a recent graduate of the Columbia Journalism School, where he was a Toni Stabile Fellow. 

 
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