CCS

Following a strong natural gas price environment in the first quarter, California Resources Corp. (CRC) CEO Francisco Leon said natural gas would “be absolutely needed” in the Golden State.  CRC was able to snag natural gas price realizations “approximately 630%” above the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) index, Leon said during the quarterly conference call…

DT Midstream Inc. (DTM) is seeing a reduction in activity among its producer customers in the low natural gas price environment, but record LNG feed gas demand and the potential for increased power burns “could accelerate the tightening of the market,” CEO David Slater said. Speaking to investors Tuesday on the first quarter earnings call,…

As NextDecade Corp. awaits a critical FERC decision for the Rio Grande LNG facility later this week, federal regulators have paused the regulatory process for a project intended to significantly reduce emissions from the Texas export project. In a letter published Friday, Federal Energy Regulatory Staff informed the Houston-based firm that it was suspending an…

Norway’s Yara International ASA has signaled it may join Enbridge Inc. to develop a blue ammonia project on the Texas coast near Corpus Christi.  Adjacent to the Enbridge Ingleside Energy Center (EIEC), the Calgary-based midstream giant is designing a low-carbon ammonia facility and export project. Blue ammonia is manufactured from nitrogen and hydrogen derived from…

A coalition of business groups is calling on federal officials to expedite applications for carbon dioxide (CO2) injection wells, otherwise known as Class VI wells, citing frustration to advance carbon capture projects.  Eight groups from Illinois, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Texas and West Virginia sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan requesting…

The Biden administration is funding $2.52 billion to accelerate investments in carbon capture storage (CCS) and carbon transport technologies.  The Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 funded two programs: the Carbon Capture Large-Scale Pilots and Carbon Capture Demonstration Projects. The goal of these programs is to decrease carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from electricity…

U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm told a crowd of energy executives on Wednesday that even as the Biden administration targets a nationwide, carbon-neutral country by 2050, oil and natural gas is going to remain a part of the energy mix for years to come.  “We know that even the boldest projections for clean energy…

FERC has authorized Freeport LNG Development LP to restart service on its final train. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Wednesday cleared the company to commission, cooldown and restart liquefaction on Train 1.

Occidental Petroleum Corp. subsidiary 1PointFive has leased more than 55,000 acres along the Texas coast to develop a carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) hub, management said Thursday (March 2). The Bluebonnet Hub would be sited in Chambers, Liberty and Jefferson counties southeast of Houston. The hub as designed would boast capacity to hold about 1.2…