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Sempra Joins Japan to Review Exporting Synthetic Natural Gas from Cameron LNG

Sempra Joins Japan to Review Exporting Synthetic Natural Gas from Cameron LNG

Sempra Infrastructure has joined a partnership of Japanese gas utilities and major industrial groups studying the potential of using Gulf Coast LNG terminals to create an export hub for low-carbon, natural gas-backed fuels. The unit of San Diego-based Sempra has agreed to support a study aimed at gauging the feasibility of exporting hydrogen or ammonia…

August 30, 2023
NET Power Merger with Rice SPAC Said to Accelerate Decarbonizing Natural Gas

NET Power Merger with Rice SPAC Said to Accelerate Decarbonizing Natural Gas

NET Power LLC, whose technology is designed to reduce carbon emissions from natural gas, on Wednesday agreed to combine with Rice Acquisition Corp. II to advance solutions in a transaction worth an estimated $1.46 billion. Rice Acquisition, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), is focused on supply-side carbon dioxide (CO2) reductions. Once the transaction is…

December 14, 2022
Europe’s Sustainable Label for Natural Gas, Nuclear Under Fire

Europe’s Sustainable Label for Natural Gas, Nuclear Under Fire

More than a dozen non-governmental (NGO) and environmental organizations are challenging the European Union’s (EU) decision to label natural gas and nuclear as sustainable investments under a law adopted in July. The EU taxonomy under the Climate Delegated Act (CDA)  is a classification system established to clarify which investments are considered sustainable. The groups opposing…

September 26, 2022
Tallgrass Seeking to Convert Natural Gas Pipeline System to Transport CO2

Tallgrass Seeking to Convert Natural Gas Pipeline System to Transport CO2

Trailblazer Pipeline Co. LLC (TPC) and Rockies Express Pipeline LLC (REX) are moving through the regulatory process with plans to abandon the Trailblazer system and repurpose the infrastructure for carbon dioxide (CO2) transportation.  The two Tallgrass Energy Partners-owned midstreamers in late May filed plans for the abandonment project with FERC.  The plan involves abandoning 392…

July 25, 2022
Oil, Gas to Continue Growing to Meet Rising Global Energy Demand Through 2050, Says EIA

Oil, Gas to Continue Growing to Meet Rising Global Energy Demand Through 2050, Says EIA

Under current policies, oil and natural gas production will continue growing through 2050 amid rising global energy consumption driven by developing Asian economies, according to the latest long-term projections from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). In its International Energy Outlook 2021(IEO2021) report published Wednesday, the agency predicted a nearly 50% increase in global energy…

October 6, 2021
Air France-KLM Completes Eight-Hour Flight Powered by Used Cooking Oil

Air France-KLM Completes Eight-Hour Flight Powered by Used Cooking Oil

Air France-KLM Group’s Flight 342 completed its first long-haul flight powered by sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from Total SE’s 16% biofuel blend produced from used cooking oil.  Air France Flight 342 departed from Groupe ADP’s Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport in France for Montreal, Canada with its tanks filled with SAF produced in Total’s La Mède…

May 26, 2021