Gabrielle Vitali joined the NGI team as an interning associate reporter in February 2023. She is currently double majoring in journalism and international affairs at the University of Georgia.
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Natural Gas, Oil Industry Upgrading to Reduce Methane Emissions
The natural gas and oil sector has demonstrated the reduction of methane emissions through improving detection methods, according to a report of companies that represent about 70% of U.S. onshore operations. The Environmental Partnership’s fifth annual report noted that methane emissions came down from various actions, which included replacing natural gas-driven pneumatic controllers with low-…
October 3, 2023
Bipartisan Approach Advancing Use of Natural Gas, Renewables to Progress U.S. Climate Goals
The Natural Allies For A Clean Energy Future organization is touting its growth as former political leaders join major U.S. producers and operators to advance using natural gas alongside renewable power to reduce carbon emissions. “Natural gas partnered with renewable energy can accelerate our path to a clean energy future – ensuring affordability and reliability…
September 27, 2023
Opal Fuels Expanding RNG Portfolio with South Jersey Industries Venture
Opal Fuels Inc., a leading renewable natural gas (RNG) producer and distributor, has clinched a 50/50 joint venture (JV) with South Jersey Industries (SJI) to develop, construct and operate facilities, with the first one using landfill waste from the Atlantic County Utilities Authority in Egg Harbor Township, NJ. The Atlantic RNG facility is expected to…
September 26, 2023
Berry Expands California E&P Operations with Macpherson Takeover
Dallas-based Berry Corp. has completed a $70 million all-cash acquisition of Kern County, CA-based Macpherson Energy Corp., which builds its San Joaquin Basin production and cash flow. The exploration and production (E&P) company updated its full-year guidance based on a Henry Hub natural gas price average of $2.77/MMBtu. “This transaction is immediately accretive to Berry…
September 21, 2023
Puget Sound Energy Launches Electrification Pilot for Natural Gas Customers
Puget Sound Energy (PSE), which serves western Washington, has launched a pilot program for around 10,000 of its natural gas customers to transition to sustainable electric technologies for heating and cooling. The program would offer incentives that include electric heat pumps and technologies to aid in the state’s ambition to become carbon-neutral by 2045. PSE’s…
September 20, 2023
FuelCell, Toyota Team at California Port to Reduce Emissions, Create RNG, Renewables
FuelCell Energy Inc., a global leader in sustainable energy technologies, is partnering with Toyota Motor North America Inc. on a triple generation system, aka “Tri-gen,” to produce renewable electricity, renewable hydrogen, and directed biogas, better known as renewable natural gas (RNG). The Tri-gen system at Toyota’s Port of Long Beach facility in California is the…
September 14, 2023
Flared and Vented Natural Gas to Find ‘Value-Added’ Use Via New Technologies Through DOE Funding
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management has set aside up to $30 million to develop technologies that would convert the wasted natural gas that is flared and vented at production sites into sustainable fuels and chemicals. “The United States relies heavily on domestic natural gas for residential, commercial…
September 12, 2023
Unlocking Efficient, Less Costly CCS Technology for Natural Gas Sector Moving Closer, Say MIT Researchers
Several carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects are in the works across North America, and researchers may have found a novel way to make them more energy efficient. Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recently highlighted how a hidden function of electrodes can attract carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, which then could be converted, allowing…
September 11, 2023
Natural Gas, Oil Operators Able to Draw on Federal Funding to Mitigate Methane Emissions
Federal funding is on tap to alleviate the costs for natural gas and oil producers to reduce and monitor their methane emissions. The energy sector makes up 40% of total methane emissions from human activity, with gas and oil operations responsible for 80 million metric tons of these emissions, according to the International Energy Agency. …
September 8, 2023
XCL Resources, Crusoe to Use Digital Flaring Mitigation in Uinta to Power Data Centers
Crusoe Energy Systems LLC has partnered with XCL Resources LLC in Utah’s Uinta Basin to turn an estimated 6 MMcf/d of excess natural gas emissions into electricity, which would be used to power modular data centers through digital flare mitigation (DFM). The DFM systems have been commissioned and are fully operational. At full capacity, the…
September 7, 2023