The “supermajor” oil companies collectively known as Big Oil are having a time of it , in large part because of the pandemic, obviously, but also because we are swiftly moving towards a post Peak Oil era . Big Oil knows this , and it’s doing what it can to get in on what’s next. Take Royal Dutch Shell, one of the seven so-called “supermajor” oil companies that comprise Big Oil, who got pretty shook this summer after it had to write down $22 billion following cratering of demand. And while at the time that was largely attributed to the pandemic, Shell and other oil and gas companies have also been trying to diversify. This has meant investments in the electric supply chain, the latest being Shell’s purchase of Ubitricity, which operates the biggest car charging network in Great Britain. Shell said on Monday it would buy 100 per […]