London — Covid-19 may do for Big Oil what the Chicxulub asteroid did for the dinosaurs when it struck Earth 66-million years ago.

Much like the “terrible lizards”, Big Oil was already in decline before the novel coronavirus hit. The world in which producers thrived is changing around them and they face multiple threats to their future health. But the outbreak’s impact has accelerated the process...

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