Lawmakers in Pennsylvania, the second-largest U.S. natural gas-producing state, last week signed a bill increasing tax credits by $30 million for in-state fertilizer and petrochemical manufacturers that use locally-produced natural gas. House Bill 1059, dubbed the Pennsylvania Economic Development for a Growing Economy (PA EDGE), amends the Keystone State’s tax code, boosting the natural gas…
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Denbury Expecting CO2 Pipeline Expansion as Part of Blue Methanol Project Partnership
Denbury Inc. subsidiary Denbury Carbon Solutions LLC has inked a 20-year agreement with Lake Charles Methanol LLC (LCM) to provide carbon dioxide (CO2) transportation and storage for LCM’s $4 billion project to convert natural gas into hydrogen, and ultimately blue methanol. Denbury said it intends to construct a new pipeline from the Lake Charles industrial…
Canadian Policymakers Working to Shield Consumers as Energy Transition Edges Forward
Canadian provincial governments have moved to shield customers in four major regions from increased costs associated with federal greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction policies that had previously fallen between the cracks. The moves by Alberta, Ontario. Nova Scotia and Quebec tackle a gap left by the carbon tax, a cornerstone of Canada’s GHG reduction policy. The…
Gulf Coast Eyed by Chevron, Partners for Natural Gas-to-Hydrogen and Ammonia Project
Air Liquide SA, Chevron Corp., LyondellBasell and Uniper SE could “potentially advance” a hydrogen and ammonia facility on the Gulf Coast to support global industrial decarbonization. Neither a timeline to proceed, site location or estimated costs were provided. However, the evaluation would “cover the end-to-end energy value chain, utilizing each participant’s technical expertise in production,…
Hydrogen Expected to Drive Offshore Wind Industry in Latin America
Latin America doesn’t have any offshore wind today, but that could change soon as the region tries to build out a hydrogen industry. Off-grid green hydrogen projects should spur Latin America to a sharp increase in offshore wind projects, with capacity reaching 34 GW by 2050, according to analysis from Wood Mackenzie. Offshore wind activity…
U.S. LNG Export Development Opens Door to Hydrogen, Sempra’s Brouillette Says
As Sempra Infrastructure continues to progress its LNG export terminal projects on the Gulf Coast and in Mexico, President Dan Brouillette said demand for natural gas is also helping influence the investments in alternative fuels. The subsidiary of San Diego-based Sempra and Avangrid Inc. disclosed a potential partnership on Wednesday to explore multiple projects to…
Suncor Selling Wind, Solar Assets to Focus on Oilsands, CCS and Hydrogen
Suncor Energy Inc. plans to sell its wind and solar portfolio for C$730 million ($547 million) to a subsidiary of Calgary-based Atco Industries Inc. Suncor CEO Kris Smith said the transaction with Canadian Utilities Ltd. (CUL) “streamlines our portfolio” to focus on oilsands, refining, hydrogen, renewable fuel, and carbon capture and storage (CCS). CUL Vice…
New York Hydrogen-Natural Gas Blending Study Offers Mixed Results to Cut Emissions
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions declined by about 14% when 35% of hydrogen by volume was blended with natural gas to generate electricity in a demonstration project commissioned by the New York Power Authority (NYPA), and could fall further with more hydrogen added to the mix. However, more work needs to be done to study the…
Cemvita, Partners Digging for Gold, Tapping Depleted Oil, Gas Wells for ‘Lowest Possible Cost’ Hydrogen Production
Following positive results from a pilot program based in the Permian Basin to produce gold hydrogen using would-be abandoned oil and gas reservoirs, Cemvita Factory Inc. said it has formed and closed funding for a new subsidiary in preparation to commercialize with its founding investors. “In a very short time frame, we moved our microbes…
USMCA Squabble Likely to End Amicably, Industry Expert Says
It’s probable that a trade dispute between Mexico and its northern neighbors Canada and the United States will be resolved through discussion, Carlos Flores, Director of Business Development at Nordex Group for Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Central America & Caribbean, told NGI’s Mexico GPI. “Nonetheless, there is no question that, if the consultations are taken to…