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Royal Dutch Shell and Total flirt with becoming utilities

Royal Dutch Shell and Total flirt with becoming utilities

  • March 28, 2018
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The Economist

Royal Dutch Shell and Total flirt with becoming utilities

Julian Critchlow, a partner with Bain & Company draws that comparison between the risks facing the oil industry with those that faced Eastman Kodak when its business was eclipsed by digital photography and social media photo-sharing. For the oil industry, increased electrification is bound eventually to cause upheaval. “The challenge, as with Kodak, is whether you can spot where the returns will be.”

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