Carbon Capture – Oil & Gas 360

Presenting carbon-neutral solutions for the oil and gas industry at DECARBON 2025

December 23, 2024

(Oil & Gas 360) – The Oil and Gas Decarbonisation Congress (DECARBON) 2025 welcomes top management and leading technical specialists to present companies’ experience and solutions for reducing carbon emissions within the oil and gas sector. The Congress is held in Berlin, Germany on 10-11 February. As the global focus intensifies on reducing carbon emissions to combat climate change, oil

Geothermal energy could help power AI data centers

December 23, 2024

(World Oil) – Technology giants are partnering with geothermal start-ups as they seek to power their energy-intensive data centers with clean but reliable power sources. Several deals have been struck over the past year as Big Tech is looking to boast low-emission profiles of its energy use. The other 24/7 low-carbon energy comes from nuclear power generation, and deals have been

Chevron and Exxon target data centers with reliable gas power

December 16, 2024

(Oil Price) – The supermajors are moving into power generation, tempted by forecasts of a looming surge in demand. Yet there is a twist: the temptation is natural gas generation. Wind and solar—typically described as green or clean power—are turning into a fiasco for Big Oil. Chevron and Exxon both recently said they were planning to venture into the exciting—and quite

Summit carbon project would be reassessed if tax credits repealed, attorney says

December 12, 2024

(Investing) – The Summit Carbon Solutions’ massive carbon dioxide pipeline project proposal would need to be reassessed if the United States repeals tax credits for carbon capture and storage, a company attorney said on Thursday. Summit intends to capture carbon dioxide from 57 ethanol plants across the Midwest and transport it along a pipeline more than 2,000 miles (3,218 km)

Acadia and Microsoft plan $9 billion worth of U.S. renewable energy projects

December 11, 2024

(Oil Price) – U.S. clean energy investor Acadia Infrastructure Capital is launching a coalition with tech giant Microsoft as an anchor investor as part of plans to develop $9 billion worth of clean energy projects in the United States, Acadia’s Vice President Brian O’Callaghan told Reuters. Acadia is leading the Climate and Communities Investment Coalition (CCIC) to which other companies apart from

INEOS-led Greensand to become first full-scale carbon storage facility in EU

December 11, 2024

(World Oil) – INEOS with its partners Harbour Energy and Nordsøfonden, has made a Final Investment Decision (FID) on the first commercial phase of Project Greensand, with storage operations set to begin at the end of 2025/early 2026. This decision paves the way for expected investments of more than $150 million across the Greensand CCS value chain. As the first

Saudi Aramco advances plan to build large-capacity CCS facility

December 4, 2024

(World Oil) – Saudi Aramco is moving closer to building a giant carbon capture and storage project at its main refining and chemicals hub at Jubail, on the kingdom’s Gulf coast. The oil producer signed a shareholders’ agreement with partners Linde Plc and SLB to develop the facility, which aims to capture and store 9 million tons of carbon dioxide

COP 29 sends Santa its list

November 26, 2024

(Oil & Gas 360) – With slightly less than a month left before his annual global night of magic, Santa received a lengthy Christmas list after this year’s COP 29 climate action conference in Azerbaijan. The group and the International Energy Agency (IEA) have cited five key areas. They look to triple renewable energy capacity while doubling energy efficiency. Another major

University of Oklahoma awarded $18.7M grant by DOE for subsurface carbon storage

November 26, 2024

(World Oil) – A team of researchers from across the University of Oklahoma Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy, Los Alamos National Laboratory, with industry partners, have been awarded an $18.7M grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to investigate commercial subsurface storage of carbon dioxide (CO2). The project, the Oklahoma Carbon Hub, will investigate three separate sites in Osage

World’s largest climate fund sees few investment opportunities

November 21, 2024

(Oil Price) – Alterra, the world’s largest private climate investment fund of $30 billion launched by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last year, sees a lack of investment opportunities in the energy transition and has only spent a small part of its money, the fund’s chief executive Majid Al Suwaidi told Bloomberg. There aren’t attractive investment deals in the clean energy sector

Major companies bet on biofuels with over 40 projects planned by 2030

November 21, 2024

(World Oil) – Under increasing pressure to decarbonize and shift away from traditional fossil fuels, the world’s leading oil and gas companies are ramping up investments in the biofuels sector. Major players such as BP, Chevron, Shell, TotalEnergies, ExxonMobil and Eni are incorporating biofuels into their broader energy transition strategies, recognizing the growing global demand for sustainable fuel sources. According to

Analysis-Trade demands clash with climate agenda at COP29 talks

November 21, 2024

(Investing) – BAKU – Trade tensions are flaring at the COP29 climate summit, with China, Brazil and a host of developing countries complaining that perceived trade barriers, such as the European Union’s carbon border levy, will undermine climate efforts, according to U.N. documents and negotiators. Nearly 200 countries are wrangling at the climate talks over a deal to provide hundreds of

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