Whether an oil sultan, king or baron, they all borrow from the same playbook. First is denial that the problem exists, then there is disputing the science, and then there is stalling citing humanitarian reasons.
This playbook is not new, it's been used to great success (along with buying media, scientists, doctors and politicians) by the tobacco giants, causing millions of unnecessary deaths and great amount of suffering.
These people have no morals, scruples, and are ready to throw the whole world and its future in the singular pursuit of profit.
At the moment the only thing that surprised me is the amount of shamelessness that is required to host the biggest climate summit as one of the biggest polluters in the world, and also dispute the already established science. The gall of this is beyond me, it's a shameful charade.