Energy technology developer Freestone Resources Inc. is teaming up with MEA Solutions LLC, a Houston-based oilfield services operator, to provide a “total solution” for water resource management that would include recycling flowback water from hydraulic fracturing (fracking) operations in the onshore.
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Aussies Eye Wyoming for Underground Gasification, Liquids
Australian oil and gas developer Linc Energy is a new player in Wyoming’s humming oil and gas patch, bringing a focus on underground “cooking” of coal seams to create synthetic gas (syngas) and natural gas liquids.
Turtle Bayou Storage Gets Initial Environmental Nod from FERC
A Birmingham, AL-based developer Friday got the initial environmental go-ahead for its proposal to build salt dome natural gas storage facilities in Chambers and Liberty counties, TX.
FERC: Alaska LNG Proposal Outdated
FERC’s 15-year-old approval of a developer’s proposal to construct a liquefied natural gas (LNG) liquefaction and export facility in Alaska is outdated and no longer valid, the Commission said. However, the project could be reauthorized if additional information is provided.
FERC: Alaska Liquefaction Proposal has Grown Stale
FERC’s 15-year-old approval of a developer’s proposal to construct a liquefied natural gas (LNG) liquefaction and export facility in Alaska is outdated and no longer valid, the Commission said. However, the project could be reauthorized if additional information is provided.
NRG CEO: Can’t ‘Rely on Gas for Everything’
The plain vanilla merchant power plant developer/operators of the past need to transform themselves into broader renewable, transportation and natural gas fields in the post-carbon world, according to NRG Energy Inc. CEO David Crane, who spoke to financial analysts in Houston Thursday.
Chevron Harnesses Sun in the Oil Patch
A unit of Chevron Corp. and Oakland, CA-based solar developer BrightSource Energy have partnered on a plan to use solar thermal technology in a California oilfield to produce steam for enhanced oil recovery (EOR). BrightSource officials told NGI initial plans have been made to have a solar-thermal operation in place at a Chevron oilfield by the end of next year.
Chevron Harnesses Sun in the Oil Patch
A unit of Chevron Corp. and Oakland, CA-based solar developer BrightSource Energy have partnered on a plan to use solar thermal technology in a California oilfield to produce steam for enhanced oil recovery (EOR). BrightSource officials told NGI initial plans have been made to have a solar-thermal operation in place at a Chevron oilfield by the end of next year.
Apache Joins EOG as Potential Kitimat LNG Gas Supplier
Apache Corp. may supply natural gas to Kitimat LNG Inc.’s proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal in Kitimat, BC, the terminal developer said Monday.
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Adsorbed natural gas (ANG) technology developer Energtek Inc. said that with the new U.S. administration’s backing it expects natural gas to play an increasing role in fueling transportation across the country. President Obama has called for a major reduction in dependency on foreign oil in his energy portion of the economic stimulus bill now being implemented. More than 60% of oil consumed in the United States is used by the transportation sector. Most of the vehicles currently on the road have internal combustion engines that can run on gasoline or natural gas, Energtek said. The company’s ANG technology applies proprietary low-pressure storage technology to provide complete well-to-wheel pipeless natural gas supply solutions to industrial consumers and fleets of small vehicles. “[natural gas] is currently the only commercially viable motor fuel alternative to oil,” said Energtek CEO Lev Zaidenberg. “NG is cheaper, cleaner and there are proven reserves to power the country’s enormous automotive fleet for the foreseeable future. No other energy source, including renewable fuels, can be implemented as quickly and completely into the motor vehicle market as NG.” The call for more natural gas use in the transportation sector echoes the sentiment of oil magnate T. Boone Pickens, who has been promoting the fuel switch since last summer in his Pickens Plan (see Daily GPI, July 11, 2008).