Energy Transition

New York City has enacted a ban on natural gas hookups in new buildings starting at the end of 2027. For buildings up to six stories tall, the ban would take effect at the end of 2023. The New York City council voted in favor of the bill on Wednesday. It now goes to Mayor…

BP plc has become the latest major to differentiate its natural gas through MiQ, with the U.S. onshore business achieving a top grade for the methane emissions performance of some wells in the Haynesville Shale. MiQ’s independently audited certification system reviewed emissions in the Haynesville that are managed by BP’s Lower 48 arm BPX Energy…

Opal Fuels LLC, which produces and distributes renewable natural gas (RNG) with ambitious expansion plans, said Tuesday it has a joint venture (JV) to develop facilities that would capture landfill methane emissions for conversion to transportation fuels. Opal, which aims to grow production volumes to more than 125 million gasoline gallon equivalents (GGE) in 2024,…

ExxonMobil is targeting net zero Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions from its operated Permian Basin assets by 2030, the company said Monday. The Irving, TX-based supermajor was producing 500,000 boe/d in the Permian at the end of the third quarter, accounting for more than 40% of the company’s U.S. net production. ExxonMobil plans…

The Denver City Council in November unanimously approved an ordinance to curb GHG emissions by requiring such buildings to gradually switch from natural gas to electric heating and cooling systems “when cost effective.” Denver’s Office of Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency (CASR) contends that commercial and multifamily buildings account for 49% of the city’s greenhouse…

Eagle LNG Partners LLC has signed a long-term deal to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) for a receiving and regasification terminal in Aruba as the company continues to expand its operations in the Caribbean. The $100 million facility in San Nicolas would offload LNG for Web Aruba, the local power and water utility, to fuel…

A Canadian government grant announced recently highlights a commercial sideline emerging for the natural gas industry as it seeks the net-zero target of national climate change policy: digital greenhouse gas accounting. Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), a federal agency, awarded a C$1.2 million ($960,000) grant to Toronto-based Validere Technologies.  SDTC said that Validere will apply…

More Lower 48 producers and increasingly, midstream operators, are looking to Project Canary to earn environmental certification for their natural gas supplies. Related entities Tug Hill Operating LLC and XcL Midstream Operating LLC, which principally operate in West Virginia’s Marshall and Wetzel counties, have partnered to gain the responsibly sourced gas (RSG) designation across all…

BP plc has become the latest major to differentiate its natural gas through MiQ, with the U.S. onshore business achieving a top grade for the methane emissions performance of some wells in the Haynesville Shale. MiQ’s independently audited certification system reviewed emissions in the Haynesville that are managed by BP’s Lower 48 arm BPX Energy…