Energy Transition

The natural gas and oil sector has demonstrated the reduction of methane emissions through improving detection methods, according to a report of companies that represent about 70% of U.S. onshore operations. The Environmental Partnership’s fifth annual report noted that methane emissions came down from various actions, which included replacing natural gas-driven pneumatic controllers with low-…

With the rights to more than 10,000 acres of land in West Texas, Milestone Carbon is eyeing a carbon sequestration hub to serve industrial emitters in the Permian Basin. The carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) hub would be built in the southwestern corner of the Midland sub-basin in Upton and Midland counties, according to the…

Renewable natural gas (RNG) and biofuels producer Aemetis Inc. has closed the sale of $53 million in investment tax credits created through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) as a part of its first wave of projects expected to be accelerated by the legislative program. The California-based company disclosed that it wrapped up at the end…

Natural gas-fired power plants are becoming increasingly efficient in the United States, according to a new analysis by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). The average utilization rate, or capacity factor, for the U.S. fleet of combined-cycle natural gas turbine (CCGT) plants has increased from 40% in 2008 to 57% in 2022, EIA noted. More…

Canada’s plans to sharply reduce the natural gas and oil industry’s methane emissions, considered the most potent greenhouse gas (GHG), were front and center at recent energy conferences in Calgary and New York City. Canada’s Catherine Stewart, the country’s ambassador for Climate Change, predicted at the Climate Week conference in New York that draft regulations…

The Natural Allies For A Clean Energy Future organization is touting its growth as former political leaders join major U.S. producers and operators to advance using natural gas alongside renewable power to reduce carbon emissions.  “Natural gas partnered with renewable energy can accelerate our path to a clean energy future – ensuring affordability and reliability…

New investments in onshore unconventional oil and gas projects may still be needed even if human-induced global warming is kept to 1.5 degrees C or less, but overall production would need to fall dramatically, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Tuesday.  To achieve the 1.5-degree target and reach net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions globally,…

Opal Fuels Inc., a leading renewable natural gas (RNG) producer and distributor, has clinched a 50/50 joint venture (JV) with South Jersey Industries (SJI) to develop, construct and operate facilities, with the first one using landfill waste from the Atlantic County Utilities Authority in Egg Harbor Township, NJ.  The Atlantic RNG facility is expected to…

Enbridge Inc.’s East Tennessee Natural Gas LLC (ETNG) is proposing to build a 122-mile natural gas pipeline that could add 300,000 Dth/d of firm transportation capacity to support Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) long-range plan to reduce its coal fleet.  FERC issued a notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for ETNG’s Ridgeline…