Commercialization

The Ben Franklin Shale Gas Innovation & Commercialization Center (SGICC) has named a dozen finalists in its annual Shale Gas Innovation Competition, which will award a total of $75,000 to three winners to be selected next month.

A bipartisan pair of Alaska lawmakers recently traveled all the way to South Africa to learn about technologies that could lead to commercialization of the state’s vast natural gas resources. One idea is to use the state’s famous oil pipeline to carry natural gas liquids.

A bi-partisan pair of Alaska lawmakers recently traveled all the way to South Africa to learn about technologies that could lead to commercialization of the state’s vast natural gas resources.

The oil and natural gas industry is positioned to lead and benefit from the commercialization of various carbon sequestration strategies, according to a report issued Feb. 12 by Cambridge, MA-based Emerging Energy Research (EER). The report concludes that there is a potential $30-70 billion annual industry waiting to emerge by 2030 in the carbon capture and storage (CCS) business.

The oil and natural gas industry is positioned to lead and benefit from the commercialization of various carbon sequestration strategies, according to a report issued last Thursday by Cambridge, MA-based Emerging Energy Research (EER). The report concludes that there is a potential $30-70 billion annual industry waiting to emerge by 2030 in the carbon capture and storage (CCS) business.

In an effort to remove carbon dioxide from natural gas, which could enable the commercialization of gas with a higher carbon dioxide content, ExxonMobil announced it is committing more than $100 million to complete development and testing of an improved natural gas treating technology that could make carbon capture and storage more affordable and significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

In an effort to remove carbon dioxide from natural gas, which could enable the commercialization of gas with a higher carbon dioxide content, ExxonMobil announced Monday that it is committing more than $100 million to complete development and testing of an improved natural gas treating technology that could make carbon capture and storage more affordable and significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Year 2000 could be the year of the fuel cell on Wall Street asnext year is expected to see first commercialization of thetechnology on Main Street. While most consumers have yet to hear ofthe big gas-powered backyard batteries, investors certainly areaware.

Year 2000 could very well be the year of the fuel cell on WallStreet as next year is expected to see the first commercializationof the technology on Main Street. While most consumers have yet tohear of the systems that could one day be big, gas-poweredbatteries in their backyards, investors certainly are aware.