Oakland

A unit of Chevron Corp. and Oakland, CA-based solar developer BrightSource Energy have partnered on a plan to use solar thermal technology in a California oilfield to produce steam for enhanced oil recovery (EOR). BrightSource officials told NGI initial plans have been made to have a solar-thermal operation in place at a Chevron oilfield by the end of next year.

A unit of Chevron Corp. and Oakland, CA-based solar developer BrightSource Energy have partnered on a plan to use solar thermal technology in a California oilfield to produce steam for enhanced oil recovery (EOR). BrightSource officials told NGI initial plans have been made to have a solar-thermal operation in place at a Chevron oilfield by the end of next year.

An Oakland, CA-based environmental legal group filed a lawsuit against Sempra Energy’s Southern California Gas Co. alleging leakage of toxics into groundwater from the utility’s smallest underground storage field along the coast at Marina del Rey. A utility spokesperson strongly denied that any gas has seeped from the Playa del Rey storage facility.

An Oakland, CA-based environmental legal group Thursday filed a lawsuit against Sempra Energy’s Southern California Gas Co. alleging leakage of toxics into groundwater from the utility’s smallest underground storage field along the coast at Marina del Rey. A utility spokesperson strongly denied that any gas has seeped from the Playa del Rey storage facility.