Energy Transition

The Port of Corpus Christi, a leading U.S. oil and natural gas export hub, has unveiled plans to explore green hydrogen production at its facilities in South Texas. Under a memorandum of understanding (MOU), the Corpus Christi port is partnering with finance giant Ares Management Corp. to look into the potential for building the hydrogen…

Starting in 2023, California building standards are to call for electric heat pump space heating to replace natural gas, but the rules fall short of requiring all-electric dwellings in new construction.  The California Energy Commission (CEC) said the rules would be the first in the nation to make heat pumps the baseline technology in a…

Minneapolis-based utility Xcel Energy Inc. is continuing efforts to decarbonize its Colorado operations through a partnership with natural gas producer Crestone Peak Resources and methane emissions reduction specialist Project Canary. The trio on Wednesday announced a pilot project with Xcel purchasing natural gas from Crestone that has been certified as low-emission by Project Canary. The…

The nation’s largest municipal utility and largest investor-owned natural gas distributor have joined a green hydrogen-buying coalition, HyDeal LA, to create commercial-scale buying for the Los Angeles area. Sempra Energy’s Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) have joined the effort to “achieve at-scale green hydrogen procurement”…

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday took steps to gather input for a proposed rule to reduce methane and other pollutants from new and existing sources in the oil and natural gas industry. The “broad public outreach effort” would include community and stakeholder input. Among other things, EPA is planning listening sessions and…

North Dakota, the nation’s second largest oil-producing state, will strive to become carbon-neutral by decade’s end, Gov. Doug Burgum said Wednesday. At the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference in Bismarck, Burgum cited the global energy sustainability effort that North Dakota intends to join. He encouraged the oil and gas industry representatives in the audience to support…

Global liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplier and electricity generator New Fortress Energy Inc. (NFE) is partnering in a new company dedicated to producing hydrogen and renewable fuels as it aims to become a leading global provider of carbon-free energy.  NFE has partnered with affiliate Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC (FTAI) on a joint venture…

Privately held Northeast Natural Energy (NNE) plans to have natural gas production across its entire operating area in West Virginia environmentally certified by two companies. Certification would be based on separate standards developed by Equitable Origin (EO) and MiQ to validate it is producing what the industry has coined as “responsibly” sourced gas production. If…

The United States has the most attractive market for renewable energy investment following the Biden Administration’s plan to transition to a lower-carbon power grid as part of the $2.25 trillion American Jobs Plan, according to rankings data from IHS Markit.  The rankings put the United States in the number one spot for the period ending…