Energy Transition

The European Commission on Wednesday punted the question of natural gas as an energy transition fuel down the road as it moved closer to making official criteria for what it considers a “green” investment. The College of Commissioners reached a political agreement on the European Union (EU) Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act, which aims to provide…

Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are poised to soar in 2021 as energy use mounts alongside global economic momentum, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a report Tuesday. The Paris-based energy watchdog estimated that emissions would spike by 1.5 billion metric tons/year. It would mark the second-biggest increase on record and more than reverse the…

LanzaJet Inc. announced last week that supermajor Royal Dutch Shell plc had become an investor of the sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) technology company and producer as it continues to search for lower-carbon alternatives to fossil energy. The investment by Shell comes as LanzaJet is working to build the first Alcohol-to-Jet (AtJ) facility in the world.…

ExxonMobil is looking for local, state and federal support to build a $100 billion project that would capture carbon emissions from the largest U.S. petrochemical complex along the Houston Ship Channel and bury them in the Gulf of Mexico. If the landmark project were to be built, ExxonMobil estimates that by 2030 the initial phase…

Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Deb Haaland has revoked a series of energy-related secretarial orders (SO) issued under the Trump administration and established a climate task force to coordinate across the department. Haaland did so last Friday by signing two SOs of her own, reflecting a see-saw pattern of executive action that is becoming…

While opponents of Energy Transfer LP’s Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) have been seeking a shutdown of the line after a federal judge vacated a key permit last year, advocates of the controversial oil conduit are warning of major economic damage to stakeholders should operations cease. In a filing submitted Monday to the U.S. District Court…

Alberta and Saskatchewan oil producers stand to gain committed customers, reliable tolls and shipping capacity growth from the hotly contested service overhaul proposal for their chief conduit to markets across Canada and the United States, according to Enbridge Inc. The Calgary pipeline conglomerate predicted the benefits in a 94-page response to industry furor ignited by…

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is unlikely to play a significant role in decarbonizing maritime transport, according to a World Bank report.  Ammonia and hydrogen produced from renewable electricity are more promising options as the sector works to cut its emissions to comply with international standards in the coming decades, the bank said.   The International Maritime…

Natural gas isn’t going anywhere soon and overall demand for U.S. gas will keep growing on the back of rising exports, according to Mercuria Energy Co.’s Charles Blanchard. Blanchard, head of North American natural gas research, recently published an exhaustive study on the history of natural gas in the United States called, “The Extraction State.”…