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FERC’s approval of policy statements last month to guide how future natural gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure are approved came to a head on Thursday under scrutiny by the Senate Energy and Natural Gas Resources Committee. Chaired by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), all five members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission were quizzed…

In the first revisions to natural gas policy in more than two decades, FERC on Thursday issued policy statements to guide how future natural gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure is approved, including an interim greenhouse gas (GHG) policy to ensure the “legal durability” of its decisions. The policy statements provide an analytical framework…

Higher natural gas prices were a positive for natural gas producers in the Appalachian Basin in 2021, but ongoing “uncertainties” threaten the industry’s long-term growth prospects.

Honeywell International Inc. said it will collaborate with the University of Texas at Austin (UT) to commercialize a lower cost carbon capture technology for the power generation and industrial sectors. The project was developed by researchers at UT’s Texas Carbon Management Program (TxCMP). An advanced amine solvent “enables carbon dioxide (CO2) to be captured at…

ConocoPhillips is targeting full-year capital expenditures (capex) of around $7.2 billion in 2022, up from the $5.3 billion forecast for 2021, according to preliminary guidance. The Houston-based exploration and production (E&P) giant said about 60% of the spend “will be directed to the Lower 48 for short-cycle investment across the company’s extensive, high-quality unconventional asset…

ExxonMobil plans to hold capital spending steady over the next six years for its natural gas and oil projects while bumping up expenditures for carbon-reduction projects, the supermajor said Wednesday. Annual capital expenditures (capex) are to be “held constant” at $20-25 billion, a 17-33% reduction from the $30 billion spending target set in 2019 before…

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…