Emissions

The liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry is poised for a milestone year on the path toward establishing emissions measurements across the value chain, particularly in the United States, where suppliers have made progress in a way that could give them a commercial advantage.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) is urging the Canadian government to require “deep decarbonization” in the country’s oil and natural gas industry.  “Global markets will progressively demand cleaner fuels and will discriminate in favor of more carbon-competitive products,” said the global energy watchdog in a 261-page report issued on Thursday. “Canada is the fourth largest…

Calgary-based TransAlta Corp., a mainstay of investor-owned power generation, on Wednesday ended 65 years of burning coal in its Canadian thermal plants by completing a fuel switch to natural gas for its Alberta network. The company announced its 463 MW Keephills Unit 3, west of Edmonton near Wabamun, finished the historic change. The firm is…

BP plc has become the latest major to differentiate its natural gas through MiQ, with the U.S. onshore business achieving a top grade for the methane emissions performance of some wells in the Haynesville Shale. MiQ’s independently audited certification system reviewed emissions in the Haynesville that are managed by BP’s Lower 48 arm BPX Energy…

ExxonMobil is targeting net zero Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions from its operated Permian Basin assets by 2030, the company said Monday. The Irving, TX-based supermajor was producing 500,000 boe/d in the Permian at the end of the third quarter, accounting for more than 40% of the company’s U.S. net production. ExxonMobil plans…

Responsibly-sourced natural gas (RSG) is key to unlocking more demand for the fuel overseas, but largely in countries that can afford it, according to a panel of U.S. producers and exporters that spoke in Washington, DC, earlier this month. “RSG is a contract between a region that is privileged to have the supply and a…

FERC Chairman Richard Glick last week argued that the “reasonably foreseen” carbon emissions from natural gas infrastructure should be included in every certificate review, but not everybody agrees with him. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission held a day-long technical conference on Nov. 19 concerning natural gas projects proposed under section 3 or 7 of the…

The Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) recently unveiled updated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions commitments for members, part of a larger effort to achieve net-zero emissions from transmission and storage operations by 2050. INGAA said its 27 member companies have pledged several measures to reduce methane emissions from pipelines, pneumatic controllers, storage and compressor…

The Saudi Arabian Oil Co., better known as Aramco, recorded a substantial increase in profits during the third quarter on rebounding global energy demand, which is likely to “remain healthy for the foreseeable future,” CEO Amin H. Nasser said. Higher oil volumes sales and prices, combined with stronger refining and chemicals margins, were underpinned by…