Irony?
"It may seem strange that the worlds seventh-largest oil producer, pumping over 3 million barrels per day of liquid fuels and over 5 billion cubic feet per day of gas, would see the attraction of investing in renewables, but thats only where the ironies begin in this part of the world."
I seem to see this line a lot, but I think it is less ironic and more good business. If you have control of a limited resource, and people are willing to pay good money for said resource, than it makes a whole lot of sense to use as little of that resource as possible, because the less you use, the more you can sell.
