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Today's headlines on the Daily Brief include:

• Chevron is taking an $11 billion writedown amid weak gas prices;
• Springfield E&P makes a significant oil discovery offshore Ghana;
• Maersk chooses partners for its Seapulse exploration drilling program;
• Aker Solutions wins a FEED study for the BP Cypre project in Trinidad.

In the second half of today’s show, we’ll hear from Dr.Marco Pasquali, who is the director of a joint research initiative of Rice University and Shell called the Carbon Hub. Dr. Pasquali will share the details of the research program that envisions a net-zero-emissions future, in which oil and natural gas are used to create both clean energy and advanced materials.