Emissions

A coalition of 24 natural gas companies that are members of Our Nation’s Energy Future Coalition (ONE Future) beat its methane intensity goal by 67% in 2019, according to an annual report published by the organization. In the report, ONE Future’s member companies in 2019 registered a methane intensity number of 0.334%, beating the targeted…

A coalition of 24 natural gas companies that are members of Our Nation’s Energy Future Coalition (ONE Future) beat its methane intensity goal by 67% in 2019, according to an annual report published by the organization. In the report, ONE Future’s member companies in 2019 registered a methane intensity number of 0.334%, beating the targeted…

Colorado’s proposed Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Pollution Reduction Roadmap should be sector- and technology-impartial, incentive-driven and as flexible as possible, while considering the potential economic impacts on all stakeholders, according to the American Petroleum Institute Colorado (API CO). API CO executive director Lynn Granger authored the group’s Nov. 12 public comment on the draft plan, which…

Cheniere Energy Inc., the largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter in the United States and one of the largest gas consumers, is “methodically reviewing” its business to further cut its environmental footprint as it faces questions about its role in the global energy transition.  The management team spent considerable time during last week’s third quarter…

Houston-based Occidental Petroleum Corp. is aiming for net-zero carbon emissions, but rather than investing in renewables, it plans to capture and then reuse the carbon from its global oil developments, CEO Vicki Hollub said Tuesday. During a third quarter conference call, Hollub and the executive team offered details about the sweeping strategy to boost oil…

Limiting human-induced global warming to under 2 degrees Celsius would put an estimated 65% dent in upstream natural gas investment through 2040, according to new analysis by Wood Mackenzie. Although natural gas is the cleanest-burning fossil fuel, there is more to the story of the molecule’s total climate-warming impact, researchers said Wednesday. Liquefied natural gas…

State-owned Qatar Petroleum (QP) has signed its first long-term deal to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) that would detail emissions generated to produce and deliver the cargoes as more countries scrutinize the super-chilled fuel’s climate impacts.  QP agreed to supply Singapore’s Pavilion Energy Trading & Supply Pte Ltd. with 1.8 million tons (Mt) annually for…

Natural gas utilities can help lead the transition to a carbonless energy future in the United States, Sempra Energy CEO Jeffrey Martin said last week.  California, where two of Sempra’s three major U.S. utilities operate, has a regulatory proceeding to develop a strategy for a phased approach to developing a multi-decade strategy for gas. Martin…

Natural gas is a long-term player and not a transitional fuel for the eight states in which Rapid City, SD-based Black Hills Corp. operates, CEO Linn Evans said Tuesday. During a 3Q2020 earnings call, Evans said he was not expecting any local lockdowns in the utility service areas, with the worst of the Covid-19 impacts…