Enviornment/Safety
India's coal + renewables mix makes for messy energy transition
India has emerged as a renewable energy star after boosting solar capacity by a whopping 28% in 2022, rivalling China's growth rate and outpacing European heavyweights which deployed record funding on energy transition efforts last year.
Big Oil's climate targets
The world's top oil and gas companies have set varying targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from their operations and the use of the products they sell.
TotalEnergies' bet on gas means no big emissions cut by 2030
French oil major TotalEnergies forecasts its overall greenhouse gas emissions will not see a big reduction by 2030 given it wants to grow its gas business.
NECI and Campos Fabrication partner to enable sustainability Initiatives through packaged gas solutions
NECI, the industry’s leading industrial automation, solutions and services provider, and Campos Fabrication, the leader in energy infrastructure design and high-end packaged solutions, are excited to announce their new partnership to deliver packaged gas solutions.
What's in the EU's green industrial plan?
The European Commission laid out its green industrial plan on Thursday, designed to ensure that Europe is a leading producer of clean technologies and not just a global frontrunner in cutting carbon dioxide emissions.
Shell reports good progress on journey to net-zero emissions
Shell plc has published its Energy Transition Progress Report 2022, which shows it has again met its climate targets as part of its energy transition strategy.
Petronas cooperates with Tiger Gas in LNG bunkering business
Petronas, through Petronas Marine brand, has inaugurated the LNG bunkering business with long-term partner Tiger Gas. This follows the completion of its maiden ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation of approximately 500 tons of LNG for the latter’s Tiger Maanshan.
U.S. natural gas consumption sets 9 month record and an annual record in 2022
In 2022, US natural gas consumption averaged a record 88.5 billion cubic feet per day (Bft3d)—the highest annual natural gas consumption, according to records beginning in 1949.
Energy firms bet big on carbon capture projects in U.S., Canada
Many energy companies in North America are investing in carbon capture technologies/projects. The following are several that are being implemented in the region.
GTI Energy and partners achieve supercritical CO2 conditions in San Antonio pilot project
GTI Energy and its partners, Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and GE Research, have announced that the Supercritical Transformational Electric Power (STEP) Demo project, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), successfully achieved supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) fluid conditions at its 10-MW electric sCO2 pilot plant facility in San Antonio, Texas.
Graforce to introduce plasmalysis technology that converts LNG into hydrogen
Graforce to introduce methane electrolysis (plasmalysis), which converts LNG into hydrogen. This allows large gas users to switch to clean-burning hydrogen without changing their energy supplier or method of transporting.
Saipem to restart Mozambique LNG project for Total in July
Saipem has agreed to restart a LNG project in Mozambique for TotalEnergies in July, the chief executive of the Italian energy services group said.
Japan to emphasize natural gas/LNG and clean fuels at G7 summit
Japan plans to emphasize the importance of investments in natural gas, LNG and cleaner fuels at the G7 summit later this year.
TES and Energie 360° partner to supply renewable synthetic methane to customers
Energie 360° and TES are working together to supply eNG (renewable synthetic methane) to customers from 2027.
GTI Energy launches Veritas open-source protocols to accelerate methane emissions reductions
GTI Energy has announced new open-source methane emissions measurement protocols to meet the urgent need to accurately measure and reduce methane emissions and accelerate the transition to a clean energy economy.
Nikkiso Clean Energy and Industrial Gases Group completes acquisition of Cryotec Anlagenbau GmbH
Nikkiso Clean Energy and Industrial Gases Group, a part of Nikkiso Co. Ltd (Japan), and operating under Cryogenic Industries Inc. (U.S.), has completed the acquisition of Cryotec Anlagenbau GmbH (Cryotec), located in Wurzen, Saxony, Germany for an undisclosed amount.
Shell still taking LNG cargoes from Russia under Novatek contract
The world's largest LNG trader agreed a more than 20-year deal in 2015 for Novatek to supply around 900,000 tpy from the Yamal LNG plant in Siberia.
A comparison study of water disposal methods in a gas project—Part 2
Produced water refers to water associated with the production of oil and/or natural gas from a well.
Digitalization will help carbon capture and sequestration industry to be more efficient, safe and profitable
Carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) refers to a group of technologies that can help mitigate climate change by lowering carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
A comparison study of water disposal methods in a gas project—Part 1
Produced water refers to water associated with the production of oil and/or natural gas from a well.
Ensuring efficiency and reliability of grid-connected eLNG plants
Electric motor-driven main refrigeration trains [i.e., electric LNG (eLNG)] continue to emerge as a powerful decarbonization pathway for LNG project stakeholders.
Canned sealless pumps for hazardous applications—Part 2
The oil and gas industry has many applications that are toxic or hazardous, where process fluid leakage is not permitted and leads to health, safety and environmental impacts. Caustic
Protecting the workplace and employees: The critical role of security technology
When it comes to the benefits that an integrated security solution offers to suppliers in the energy sector, the first topic of discussion is almost always centered on minimizing risk to physical site assets and data.
Decarbonizing natural gas distribution pipelines
ATCO Gas and Pipelines Ltd. (ATCO) is continuously innovating to reduce emissions and provide clean energy to its customers.
- Gasum selects Wärtsilä for another bio-LNG project in Sweden
- Linde selected to supply carbon capture technology to ADNOC’S Hail and Ghasha project
- Tecnimont to build waste-to-biogas plant to fuel local kitchens in India
- Topsoe, Aramco sign JDA to advance low-carbon hydrogen solutions using eREACT™
- Indonesia regulator confirms disruption at bp's Tangguh LNG project
