Energy Transition

Nearly all of PennEnergy Resources LLC’s natural gas wells have been certified as producing responsibly sourced gas (RSG), the Appalachian Basin-focused exploration and production (E&P) company reported. Project Canary used its TrustWell environmental certification process and determined that 375 of 378 wells, or 99%, earned a gold or platinum rating, PennEnergy said.  The global gas…

The White House on Monday announced a series of measures to curb methane emissions from oil and gas activity, including a $1.15 billion program for states to plug orphan oil and gas wells and to enforce tighter emissions rules for natural gas pipeline operators.  The funds are part of a $4.7 billion orphan wells cleanup…

ExxonMobil is taking its show down the road, announcing plans Monday to move its Irving, TX, global headquarters to Houston. The integrated global major, one of the world’s largest oil and gas companies, expects to complete the move, which would be around 250 miles south, by the middle of 2023. A spokesperson told NGI that…

Refining heavyweight Valero Energy Corp. ended 2021 with gasoline demand at pre-pandemic levels and diesel demand higher than pre-pandemic levels across its system, CEO Joe Gorder said Thursday. “We also saw a significant jet fuel recovery as domestic and international travel opened up, increasing from approximately 60% of pre-pandemic levels at the beginning of the…

Most of Alberta’s natural gas and oil production will hit the national 2025 methane emission target of a 45% reduction of 2014 volumes, provincial regulators said Wednesday. Industry has already achieved more than half of the cleanup sought for the most potent greenhouse gas (GHG) from oil and gas fields, according to a report by…

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is launching the Climate Change Professionals Program as part of the Biden administration’s growing interest in climate change initiatives.  On his first day in office, the President made it clear his administration’s focus would be on tackling climate change after he issued an executive order directing the Department…

Southwest Gas Corp. is making progress in its efforts to bring renewable natural gas (RNG) to Arizona and California, with the completion of a pipeline interconnection to its natural gas distribution system.  The Las Vegas-based utility partnered with SoCal Biomethane LLC, an Anaergia Inc. subsidiary, and North Sky Capital in a public-private partnership to bring…

The Port of Columbia in Caldwell Parish, LA, and Strategic Biofuels LLC jointly announced the port has received a $15 million grant to improve the port’s accessibility and infrastructure in preparation for the Louisiana Green Fuels (LGF) renewable diesel plant.  The grant is from the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) through its Louisiana…

U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry this week expressed support for natural gas as a long-term energy source, provided that the resulting carbon emissions are abated.  “I’m for gas as this transitional effort, and I hope someone will come up with the technology that can affordably find a way to capture the emissions,”…