Energy Transition

Lone Cypress Energy Services LLC and Proton Green LLC announced a partnership to jointly launch a helium exploration and carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) project in the southwestern United States.  Lone Cypress, an independent energy infrastructure developer, plans to begin the project with a helium drilling program near Proton Green’s St. Johns Gas Unit in…

Williams, operator of more than 30,000 miles of North American natural gas pipelines, said Tuesday it would partner with Cheniere Energy Inc. as part of broader effort to study and ultimately reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) across the sector. The Tulsa-based midstream giant said it would join with Cheniere, the largest U.S. producer of liquefied…

Daily wind-powered electricity eclipsed both coal-fired and nuclear electricity generation for the first time in March, though wind still pales in comparison to natural gas, the U.S. Energy Information (EIA) Administration said. The agency said in a report Thursday that wind turbines in the Lower 48 produced 2,017 GWh of electricity on March 29, making…

The utility Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP), which has proposed expanding its natural gas-fired power plant in Pinal County, AZ, hit a regulatory roadblock for the project Tuesday with the Arizona Corporate Commission (ACC). In a 4-1 vote, the ACC denied SRP a certificate of environmental compatibility (CEC) that would authorize…

Cleco Power is developing a carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) facility at its Brame Energy Center power plant in Rapides Parish, LA, parent company Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC reported Monday. According to Cleco, the Project Diamond Vault CCS facility at Brame’s Madison 3 generating unit would be one of the first U.S. projects to capture…

Natural gas should play a reduced, yet still significant, role in the global energy mix even if anthropogenic global warming is limited to 1.5 C degrees, according to the latest modeling by the United Nations (UN) climate change panel. The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) analyzed scenarios in the latest report, which indicate…

The No. 1 global oilfield services company, Schlumberger Ltd., has reached an agreement with Sintela Ltd. to co-develop fiber optic solutions for carbon capture and storage (CCS), as well as the energy and geothermal industries.  The new solutions will be designed to “enhance measurement data handling capability” and deliver “insights to our upstream and midstream…

The Biden administration has announced another offshore wind energy auction for more than 110,000 acres off the coast of the Carolinas, adding on to a pledge to bring 30 GW of offshore wind power online by 2030.  The proposed lease sale is scheduled for May 11 for two areas in the Carolina Long Bay area…

Four Mid-Atlantic and New England states, along with 40 energy companies, have partnered to propose a regional hydrogen hub development as various parts of the country seek to secure federal funding. The governors of Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and Massachusetts said they would pursue $8 billion in federal funding provided through the Department of…