Dioxide

ExxonMobil Corp. has completed an expansion of what it says is the world’s largest carbon dioxide (CO2) capture plant. The plant near LaBarge, WY, now has capacity to capture 365 MMcf/d of CO2 from natural gas streams produced from fields in Wyoming.

Pennsylvania plans to invest $7.9 million in 21 alternative fuel projects, several to be powered by compressed natural gas (CNG), which could cut the state’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 14.5 million pounds, Gov. Ed Rendell said Tuesday.

While some see doom as the outcome if the United States fails to institute a national policy on carbon dioxide emissions or a renewable portfolio standard for power generation, a cadre of researchers predicts quite the opposite, and it’s mostly thanks to the country’s recently found abundance of natural gas, the role of gas in power generation, and electric vehicles.

While some see doom as the outcome if the United States fails to institute a national policy on carbon dioxide emissions or a renewable portfolio standard for power generation, a cadre of researchers predicts quite the opposite, and it’s mostly thanks to the country’s recently found abundance of natural gas, the role of gas in power generation, and electric vehicles.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last Thursday upheld its December 2009 endangerment determination that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions pose a danger to the public’s health and welfare. The finding provided the legal trigger for the agency to regulate emissions under the Clean Air Act (CAA) (see NGI, Dec.14, 2009).

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Thursday upheld its December 2009 endangerment finding, which held that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions pose a danger to the public’s health and welfare. The finding provided the legal trigger for the agency to regulate emissions under the Clean Air Act (CAA) (see Daily GPI, Dec. 8, 2009).

Because it has not yet seen a decrease in the carbon dioxide (CO2) content at its Beatrice, NE, interconnect with Trailblazer Pipeline (see Daily GPI, March 31), Northern Natural Gas said it plans to go ahead and reduce the interconnect’s operationally available capacity starting Thursday to 300,000 Dth/d. Northern said it intends to get the volume of high-CO2 gas being delivered by Trailblazer low enough to meet its CO2 tariff maximum to 2.0% or less in the market area. Northern also plans to post a System Underrun Limitation for its market area Thursday. See the bulletin board for other details.

Because it has not yet seen a decrease in the carbon dioxide (CO2) content at its Beatrice, NE, interconnect with Trailblazer Pipeline (see Daily GPI, March 31), Northern Natural Gas said it plans to go ahead and reduce the interconnect’s operationally available capacity starting Thursday to 300,000 Dth/d. Northern said it intends to get the volume of high-CO2 gas being delivered by Trailblazer low enough to meet its CO2 tariff maximum to 2.0% or less in the market area. Northern also plans to post a System Underrun Limitation for its market area Thursday. See the bulletin board for other details.

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the domestic oil and natural gas industry declined by more than 48 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2007 and 2008, a reduction comparable to taking 9.7 million cars off the roads, according to the results of a new study sponsored by the American Petroleum Institute (API).