Tuesday, December 24, 2024
US Department of Energy -oilandgas360

U.S. Department of Energy Announces $2M to Develop Hydrogen Technologies

360 Feed Wire The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy has announced up to $2 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development projects under the funding opportunity announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0002376, Enabling Gasification of Blended Coal, Biomass, and Plastic Wastes to Produce Hydrogen with Potential for Net-Negative Carbon Dioxide Emissions. This FOA seeks applications for the

Shell - oil and gas 360

Shell launches major cost-cutting drive to prepare for energy transition

Reuters Oil & Gas 360 Publishers Note: With ENI, BP and Shell migrating away from fossil fuels and on to renewables, the question is now being asked: “What will happen to the consumers on all products made with fossil fuels? The pricing models are indicating volatile, and dramatic. price increases on almost all manufactured products”. The consumers will be the

Oxy looks to sell some assets in Wyoming, Colorado: Report - oil and gas 360

Colorado oil and gas emissions rules begin to tighten, but gaps open over what is monitored, by whom and where

The Colorado Sun Western Slope commissioners say rules designed to pull the Front Range into federal ozone compliance are an “economic risk” for northwest Colorado Colorado is moving to tighten air emissions from a range of oil and gas activities – including hydrofracturing or fracking – with a general consensus among industry, environmental and community groups. In two days of

Europe's energy giants turn greener, but paths and targets diverge- oil and gas 360

BP Energy Outlook mulls peak oil demand, Covid impact -3 main scenarios

Argus  Global oil demand has already peaked in two of the three scenarios BP has modelled in its 2020 Energy Outlook. And there is a chance that the Covid-19 crisis will lead to acceleration of the energy transition, BP said. “This year’s Outlook explores three main scenarios — Rapid, Net Zero and Business-as-usual — which span a wide range of possible outcomes,” chief

Nord Stream 2- oil and gas 360

Merkel Scrapping Nord Stream Would Unravel German Gas Strategy – also impacts the EU and beyond

Bloomberg As Angela Merkel weighs up the arguments for scrapping a Russian pipeline project, a cornerstone of the German chancellor’s carefully crafted energy strategy is at stake. Merkel is coming under increasing pressure to ditch the Nord Stream 2 pipeline after the poisoning of Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny. Members of her own party have questioned the project and Polish

Tesla starts battery recycling in China - oilandgas360

Tesla starts battery recycling in China

Argus Oil & Gas 360 Publishers Note: Interesting discussion points around the green movement and being good stewards of our planet. With the batteries being charged from grid power plants, and the precious  metals required to manufacture the batteries, there is a tendency to over state the “Green Factor” on electric cars. For total ESG pricing model, the disposal and

Why The Oil Industry’s 400 Billion Bet On Plastics Could Backfire -oilandgas360 Fig 2

Why The Oil Industry’s $400 Billion Bet On Plastics Could Backfire

RoyalDuch Shell Oil & Gas 360 Publishers Note: Very interesting opinion piece around the oil based manufacturing of plastics.  While the major oil companies are investing in renewable energy, it seems that they are not forgetting the core demand for oil and manufacturing. Interesting dichotomy for their PR efforts and their actual business actions. The world will need plastics and

BHP Charters Five LNG-fueled Newcastlemax Bulk Carriers in a World's First - oilandgas360

BHP Charters Five LNG-fueled Newcastlemax Bulk Carriers in a ‘World’s First’

MarineLink Oil & Gas 360 Publishers Note: Earlier this week we ran a story about BHP exporting  coke coal from Australia to Asia, and not have the fossil fuel count against the BHP Co2 emissions under their goal to carbon free operations. Here is some key tidbits from this week’s news stories: (1) Coke coal is used in making steal;

Trump will roll back more environmental regulations if reelected, says EPA chief- oil and gas 360

Trump will roll back more environmental regulations if reelected, says EPA chief

CNBC President Donald Trump will move to weaken more environmental regulations on industries if reelected in November, while work to complete Superfund cleanup projects, according to Environmental Protection Agency administrator Andrew Wheeler. The Trump administration in a second term would establish a cost-benefit analysis of any new regulation and expand the use of “science transparency” in order to justify the science behind implementing new