Energy Transition

Shell plc’s energy transition strategy got a thumb’s up Tuesday from shareholders during an annual general meeting that was disrupted for hours by protestors. During a live feed of the proceedings in London, demonstrators shouted insults and sang protest songs, which led Chairman Andrew Mackenzie to formally delay the event. Before police arrived, some protestors…

A natural gas-rich drilling plan across 35,000 acres of Colorado’s Western Slope has been vacated by a federal court, which found that Department of Interior officials had not adequately taken into account the environmental risks. U.S. District Court Judge Marcia Krieger of the District of Colorado ordered the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and…

Chevron Corp. is expanding its reach into capturing and storing carbon emissions across its global businesses, with one endeavor trained in Central California. Chevron U.S.A. Inc., through the Chevron New Energies division, is advancing a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the San Joaquin Valley (SJV) at the  Kern River Eastridge cogeneration plant in…

Commercial options in Canada to buy renewable natural gas (RNG), biodiesel and hydrogen are continuing to emerge, as suppliers find markets for lower-carbon products. A C$600 million ($480 million) commitment to expand biodiesel in British Columbia (BC) by Parkland Corp. inspired Premier John Horgan to call the province “a clean energy powerhouse.” Calgary-based Parkland, a…

Sempra Infrastructure has announced an initial deal with existing equity partnerships to curb emissions at its Cameron liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal and potentially build a carbon capture hub in coastal Louisiana. The subsidiary of San Diego-based Sempra said Monday it had secured a participation agreement with TotalEnergies, Mitsui & Co. and Mitsubishi Corp. to…

A newly installed natural gas-powered fuel cell at Atmos Energy Corp.’s corporate data center generates low-emission, grid-independent electricity, and the Dallas-based utility is finding more ways to curb emissions as its multistate customer base grows. “Natural gas once again proves it plays a pivotal role in lowering greenhouse gas emissions while increasing reliability to our…

Project Canary announced in early May it has produced a measure for the impact from oil and natural gas operations on local water supplies in a study published alongside Colorado State University (CSU). The Denver-based independent natural gas certifier’s Fresh Water Replacement Ration (FR2) has already been applied to some of Project Canary’s partners’ responsibly…

BP plc is teaming up with multinational chemical giant Linde plc to advance a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project for the Texas industrial complex near Houston. As envisioned, the project would enable Linde to produce low-carbon hydrogen at its existing facilities. The project also could support carbon dioxide (CO2) storage captured from other industrial…

Archaea Energy Inc. spent the first three months of the year adding renewable natural gas (RNG) assets and projects to boost its production nine-fold within the next six to eight years. The Houston-based RNG producer, which is majority owned by Rice Investment Group, is still relatively fresh from its merger with Aria Energy LLC last…