Royal Dutch Shell could boost its share of natural gas production to triple that of oil in order to meet self-imposed goals to halve carbon emissions by 2050, Chief Executive Ben van Beurden said on Wednesday. Speaking at the CERAWeek conference by IHS Markit in Houston, van Beurden outlined a series of measures the Anglo-Dutch company is considering to meet the ambitious targets, which include limiting emissions from its operations as well as emissions from the burning of its petrol and gas by customers. “Over time, this net carbon footprint ambition will transform our company’s product mix,” van Beurden said. Other than increasing the share of natural gas, the least polluting fossil fuel, from around 50 percent today, […]