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Oil, gas companies told to cut emissions by one-third under planned cap

November 4, 2024

(BOE Report) – OTTAWA – Oil and gas producers in Canada will be required to cut greenhouse gas emissions by about one-third over the next eight years under new regulations being published today by Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault. The regulations, still only in draft format and about two years behind schedule, could further strain relations between Ottawa and the Alberta government

ConocoPhillips says Shell deal lowers emissions intensity

September 22, 2021

World Oil HOUSTON (Bloomberg) –ConocoPhillips’s $9.5 billion deal to buy shale assets from Royal Dutch Shell Plc will boost the amount of carbon the company pumps into the atmosphere. Yet the company says the pact will actually allow it to reach one of its climate goals faster. Greenhouse gas emissions intensity, or emissions per barrel of produced oil, is now

Analysis: Europe’s carbon push stokes backlash fears

July 9, 2021

Nasdaq BRUSSELS/LONDON – A European Union plan to extend carbon pricing to the fuel used in cars and to heat homes is facing a wall of early resistance from countries and lawmakers fearing a public pushback unless backers find ways to compensate those worst hit. According to leaked drafts, the scheme would set up an Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) for

IEA says oil, gas methane emissions down 10% in 2020 as output fell

January 18, 2021

Reuters LONDON – Global emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane from oil and gas production dropped 10% in 2020 mainly because of lower output as opposed to concerted climate action, a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) found. Methane has more than 80 times the warming potential of carbon dioxide in its first 20 years in the atmosphere

U.S. energy-related carbon dioxide emissions fell in 2019, mainly in electric generation

November 10, 2020

EIA After rising by 3% in 2018, energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell 3% in the United States in 2019. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) U.S. Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions, 2019 analysis, total energy-related CO2 emissions in 2019 were about 150 million metric tons (MMmt) lower than their 2018 level. EIA attributes nearly all (96%) of this decline to

Alternative policies cases explore effects of potential legislative and regulatory changes

March 5, 2020

EIA To explore the uncertainty associated with the assumption of current laws and regulations in its Reference case, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) will release an Issue in Focus article to its Annual Energy Outlook 2020 (AEO2020) later today. The AEO2020 Reference case generally assumes existing laws and regulations remain as enacted. However, policies that target emissions reductions have changed significantly over

EIA expects U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions to decrease annually through 2021

January 18, 2020

EIA Coal-fired generation alone has fallen from 28% in 2018 to 24% in 2019 and will fall further to 21% in 2020 and 2021. The natural gas-fired generation share rises from 37% in 2019 to 38% in 2020, but it declines to 37% in 2021. In its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), released on January 14, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

Big Oil is selling dirty assets, but they aren’t going away

October 8, 2019

Source: Houston Chronicle When BP Plc announced its historic exit from Alaska, Chief Executive Officer Bob Dudley pointed to an extra perk from the $5.6 billion sale: a significantly lower carbon footprint. Cutting emissions is important for Dudley, partly because influential shareholders are forcing BP to align its spending with climate goals. But there’s a catch. Hilcorp Energy Co., the

ExxonMobil Partners with Carbon Capture Company

August 26, 2019

By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 ExxonMobil partners with Mosaic Materials in order to pursue carbon capture technology ExxonMobil (stock ticker: XOM), an international oil and gas supermajor, has partnered with Mosaic Materials, a chemicals and engineering company, in order to explore and advance technology that can be used to remove carbon dioxide from emissions sources. The

In Britain, Electric Cars Could Store Renewable Energy for Grid: National Power Co. - oil & gas 360

Colorado Joins California in Requiring Automakers to Sell More Electric Cars

August 26, 2019

From CNBC Colorado has become the 11th state to adopt California’s zero-emission-vehicle mandate forcing automakers to sell more electric cars in the state. The new rule was passed by Colorado’s air-quality commission by a vote of 8 to 1 on Aug. 23. It requires at least 5% of an automaker’s new car lineup to be electric vehicles, or EVs, by

Chevron Starts Burying CO2 off Australia at Huge Gorgon Storage Project

August 8, 2019

From Reuters Chevron Corp (CVX.N) said on Thursday it has launched one of the world’s largest carbon capture and storage projects, injecting CO2 into a deep reservoir under an island off Western Australia at its Gorgon LNG project. The carbon storage project was delayed by more than two years after Chevron discovered problems with valves and pipeline equipment during commissioning

CB&I Wins $95 Million Saudi Aramco Shell Refinery Contract

December 7, 2017

CB&I (ticker: CBI) won a contract for more than $95 million from the Aramco-Shell JV – Saudi Aramco Shell Refinery (SASREF). The scope of work includes the engineering, procurement and construction management for SASREF’s modernization and expansion of its existing refinery in Al-Jubail city, Saudi Arabia. “The relationship between CB&I and SASREF extends back for more than a decade, and

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