Morgan Evans

Specialty manufacturer Ingevity Corp. is partnering with renewable natural gas (RNG) solutions provider GreenGasUSA Holdings LLC to advance biogas capture and cleanup.  According to Ingevity CEO John Fortson, the partnership advances Ingevity 2.0, the company’s strategy to advance cleaner technology solutions, as well as its exploration in RNG applications. GreenGas CEO Marc Fetten said, “Ingevity…

Global energy trading giant Vitol Group has secured a 10% equity interest in Norwegian green hydrogen producer, Gen2 Energy, as it sets its sights on adding more carbon-free resources to its portfolio. Financial details were undisclosed. As the world shifts to lower carbon energy solutions, Vitol’s most recent acquisitions reflect the energy transition as they…

Abandoned and unplugged oil and gas wells in Wyoming may be responsible for no more than 1% of reported methane emissions from the state’s oil and gas operations, according to research by the University of Wyoming’s (UW) Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute (EORI).  A sample of 10 orphan wells surveyed in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin by…

Richmond, VA-based Dominion Energy Inc. is aiming to blend hydrogen into its natural gas systems with an investment in multiple pilot projects. The utility, which serves nearly seven million customers in 16 different states, said the pilots would explore how hydrogen-blended natural gas works in pipelines and appliances.  “Hydrogen is a huge innovation in clean…

Houston-based Phillips 66 has bolstered its burgeoning renewable fuel projects portfolio with an investment in an Iowa feedstock plant. Phillips 66 recently announced that it would have a minority ownership in Shell Rock Soy Processing (SRSP) in Shell Rock, IA. The companies also agreed to purchase 100% of the plant’s soybean oil production to convert…

From Alaska to Hawaii to Maine, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is working with 11 remote island communities to provide federal assistance to bolster their energy security and ameliorate the high energy costs that come along with living on coastal islands.  The DOE’s Energy Transition Initiative Partnership Project (ETIPP) would use experts to improve…

LanzaJet Inc. announced last week that supermajor Royal Dutch Shell plc had become an investor of the sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) technology company and producer as it continues to search for lower-carbon alternatives to fossil energy. The investment by Shell comes as LanzaJet is working to build the first Alcohol-to-Jet (AtJ) facility in the world.…

Public data from three big producing states has found that some wells drilled before 2018, particularly directional wells used often in unconventional plays, may have integrity issues that could cause internal leaks.  Led by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), the new report compiled more than 470,000 regulatory records…

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) plans to issue monthly reports that expand upon biofuels data. EIA’s first edition of Monthly Biofuels Capacity and Feedstocks Update was published Wednesday (March 31) with January data. “We developed the Monthly Biofuels Capacity and Feedstocks Update because of the significant growth in U.S. production of renewable fuels,” said…