Christopher Helman

Forbes Staff|Energy

Helman has covered the energy sector at Forbes for 20 years, profiling countless entrepreneurs and billionaires such as Aubrey McClendon, Harold Hamm and Ross Perot. 

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PREMIUM2,567 viewsJun 13, 2024

The Slow Greening Of The World's Biggest Oil Company

Carbon schizophrenia? How $489 billion Saudi Aramco champions net-zero solutions while still pumping 12 million barrels per day.

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PREMIUM26,734 viewsJun 5, 2024

Free Electricity Is Coming To Texas, Thanks To A British Unicorn Backed By Al Gore

By building virtual power plants based on demand response contracts, Octopus Energy has upended electricity consumption abroad. Now it’s spreading its tentacles into Texas, aiming to fix a dysfunctional power grid.

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PREMIUM2,028 viewsMay 9, 2024

Guyana Touts Itself As Capitalist Paradise — For More Than Just Big Oil

‘We’re going to spend oil money as a checkbook,’ says Peter Ramsaroop. GDP growth is 30%. ‘This is the last time you will see such a development in the world.’

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PREMIUM2,115 viewsMay 2, 2024

FTC Alleges Pioneer CEO Colluded To Boost Oil Prices — Exxon Will Close $65B Acquisition Anyway

Sheffield, the FTC alleges, "campaigned to organize anticompetitive coordinated output reductions between and among U.S. crude oil producers"

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PREMIUM1,326 viewsApr 30, 2024

Guyana’s Outspoken President Irfaan Ali Has Billions Of Reasons To Embrace An Exxon-Led Oil Boom

ExxonMobil’s first discoveries here were in 2016; by the end of 2026 they’ll likely be pumping 1.2 million barrels per day.