How China’s Sinopec Is Escaping The Gas Utility Death Spiral — And Why The West Should Follow

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By Michael BarnardMar 26, 2025, 1:44 pm193 ptsTop
When Sinopec, China’s sprawling petroleum giant, decided to start drilling geothermal wells instead of oil wells, it was initially greeted with skepticism. Geothermal? Renewable energy? Surely not the first place you’d expect an oil-and-gas colossus to stake its future. But Sinopec wasn’t dabbling. True…

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