BHP, the world’s top mining company, is accelerating its retreat from fossil fuels with a deal to sell its global oil and gas assets to Australian energy giant Woodside Petroleum. Following months of speculation, the companies announced an all-stock merger of BHP’s entire petroleum division spanning Australia, the Americas, and North Africa, with Perth-based Woodside. Selling out of oil and gas marks an acceleration of BHP's plans to decarbonise its operations around...