Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) said renewable natural gas (RNG) supply now is flowing at most of the natural gas vehicle fueling stations it operates. The Sempra Energy utility recently began purchasing RNG from multi-dairy connected Calgren Dairy Fuels in the state. Calgren produces RNG as part of a rapidly growing biomethane industry. Eventually, 18…
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Chevron, Brightmark JV in Multi-State Pact to Expand RNG Use for Compressed Gas Vehicles
Chevron Corp. is partnering up with Brightmark LLC to produce and market dairy biomethane at sites across the United States. Financial details of the equity investments by subsidiary Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and Brightmark in the joint venture (JV) were not revealed. However, the plan is to fund and construct infrastructure and commercial operations in “multiple”…

Eni Takes Big Step to Separate Oil, Gas Development in Transition to Toward Decarbonization
Italy’s supermajor Eni SpA has upended its oil and gas focus by creating two business groups that are to maintain “close links”to the hydrocarbon value chain but better manage the energy transition to alternative fuels by developing decarbonization processes.

Efforts to Incentive RNG Development Underway in California
A system to encourage funding to develop and use renewable natural gas (RNG), or biomethane, has been established by California regulators with support from state utilities and national laboratory researchers.
California Begins Statewide Effort to Turn Dairy Manure Into RNG
Three California state agencies have set aside $319 million in funding for six pilot projects to convert cow manure from 45 dairies into biomethane that will be intermixed in natural gas utility pipelines as clean biomethane, or renewable natural gas (RNG).
RNG Flowing into SoCalGas Pipes
Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) has begun injecting biomethane into its distribution network from a CR&R Environmental Inc. production facility in Perris, CA.

SoCalGas Joins International Utilities to Advance Renewable Natural Gas
Sempra Energy’s Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) on Thursday said it would partner with utilities in Canada and France to advance research on renewable natural gas (RNG) or biomethane.
NGVAmerica Says Near-Zero Emission Engines Now in Production
Cummins Westport Inc. (CWI) has placed three zero emission equivalent natural gas engines into production at manufacturing facilities in New York and North Carolina, according to NGVAmerica.
California Piloting Biomethane-to-RNG Program
California regulators on Thursday created a program to capture biomethane gas from dairy-produced manure to process into renewable natural gas (RNG).
Biomethane Gaining Acolytes as Diesel Alternative for Truck Fleets
The use of biomethane, or renewable natural gas (RNG), is growing as industries install more onsite plants to produce the alternative fuel for their trucking fleets.