The world’s energy majors are playing an outsized role to reduce carbon emissions, but huge opportunities exist for the independents to build sustainable and substantial portfolios that mesh with their oil and gas skill sets, according to Talos Energy Inc. CEO Timothy Duncan. 

Talos asset map

Duncan spoke at the recent Offshore Technology Conference in Houston. The independent he oversees includes a portfolio of Gulf of Mexico (GOM) assets, mostly in U.S. waters, along with leaseholds offshore Mexico. 

What will sustain Talos long term is not necessarily its plethora of offshore prospects but rather “responsible oil and gas development,” Duncan said at the recent Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston. “Building out a responsible oil and gas business and pairing that with a...