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Sandia Studies Subterranean Storage of Hydrogen
Will empty petroleum reservoirs work for storing clean hydrogen? Imagine a vast volume of porous sandstone reservoir, once full of oil and natural gas, now full of a different, carbon-free fuel — hydrogen. Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories are using computer simulations and laboratory experiments to see if depleted oil and natural gas reservoirs can be used for storing this ...
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DOE Invests $17 Million to Advance Carbon Utilization Projects
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has selected 11 projects to receive approximately $17 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development projects for carbon utilization. The projects will develop and test technologies that can utilize carbon dioxide (CO2) from power systems or other industrial sources as the primary feedstock. The research goal of ...
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Northeast petrochemical hub plans draw incentives but also opposition
Supporters of a new petrochemical hub in the Northeast appear just as determined as those opposing it due to environmental concerns. The potential for the development of a petrochemical industry in the Northeast of the United States has brought along tax credits and other incentives but also staunch environmental opposition. Ohio, Pennyslvania and West Virginia officials want to attract ...
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Employment picture cools in the Permian Basin, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas says
Employment in Texas’ Permian Basin – in a sign of cooling oil and gas activity – declined by 400 jobs through the first 10 months of 2019 after adding 16,700 jobs in 2018, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. For the year, employment for the oil and gas sector is down 4.7 percent in the Permian, the largest shale oil and gas producing shale play in the country. ...
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South Africa reveals its blueprint for its energy future
The South African cabinet has approved IRP 2019 that plots the path for the nation’s generation technology mix to assuage the current energy crisis in the country. Minister of Minerals Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe has outlined the role that oil, and gas will play going forward. He was is at great pains to point out that hydrocarbons, particularly gas, will be an important part of ...
By VUKA Group
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World Energy Outlook 2019 Highlights Deep Disparities in the Global Energy System
Deep disparities define today’s energy world. The dissonance between well-supplied oil markets and growing geopolitical tensions and uncertainties. The gap between the ever-higher amounts of greenhouse gas emissions being produced and the insufficiency of stated policies to curb those emissions in line with international climate targets. The gap between the promise of energy for all and the ...
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World Energy Outlook 2019 highlights deep disparities in the global energy system
Deep disparities define today’s energy world. The dissonance between well-supplied oil markets and growing geopolitical tensions and uncertainties. The gap between the ever-higher amounts of greenhouse gas emissions being produced and the insufficiency of stated policies to curb those emissions in line with international climate targets. The gap between the promise of energy for all and the ...
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Shale Insight 2019
Hosted jointly by the MSC, the Ohio Oil and Gas Association and the West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association, SHALE INSIGHT™ is a leading and widely-attended policy, innovation and energy outlook-focused forum. “The abundant and clean natural gas safely produced across Appalachia provides good-paying careers for hundreds of thousands of hard-working Americans, especially in our ...
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New IEA policy review offers recommendations for Estonia’s energy transition
Estonia is on the brink of a major energy transition that will involve a substantial change in the role of domestically produced oil shale in its energy mix, the International Energy Agency said today in its in-depth review of the country’s energy policies. Estonia’s energy supply is unique among IEA member countries because of its strong reliance on domestically produced oil shale, ...
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ECF China Shale Gas Weekly Review
China's Jereh launches new shale gas development solutionJereh Group, a leading oilfield equipment manufacturer, unveiled a new electric solution for shale gas development at Yantai, Jereh Headquarter, witnessed by over 130 clients, including Representatives from CNPC, Sinopec, CNOOC as well as ...
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Royal Dutch Shell forms shale exploration JV with China’s Sinopec
The Shengli Oil Field is the flagship asset of Sinopec in China, however it is struggling with declining production The new joint study venture comes in the backdrop of Chinese government’s efforts to improve domestic reserves and production by encouraging China-foreign projects The United Kingdom-based Royal Dutch Shell has reportedly announced to have inked a new deal with a ...
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Mitsubishi Generators for Virginia Powerplant to be fuelled by Shale Gas
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) will supply three 1×1 M501JAC powertrains for a 1600 MW combined cycle power plant in the state of Virginia, USA. When completed in 2022, the Chickahominy Power Station will provide electricity in support of expected regional growth. Balico, LLC, Gemma Power Systems, and MHPS have partnered on the project. Virginia is experiencing substantial regional ...
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Global Distributed Power Generation Market Set for Rapid Growth
Zion Market Research has published a new report titled “Distributed Power Generation Market: Global Industrial Perspective, Comprehensive Analysis, and Forecast, 2017 – 2023”. According to the report, the global distributed power generation market was valued at USD 57.36 billion in 2017 and is expected to reach USD 103.28 billion by 2023, growing at a CAGR of 10.3% between 2018 ...
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Robust Energy Production Growth Coupled With Relatively Flat U.S. Demand Support Net Energy Exports in EIA’s AEO2018
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released today its Annual Energy Outlook 2018 (AEO2018), which includes its Reference case and a number of sensitivity cases. The AEO2018 Reference case shows continued development of the U.S. shale and tight oil and gas resources paired with modest energy consumption growth, leading to the transition of the United States from a net energy ...
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A new way to harness wasted methane
Original story at MIT News Methane gas, a vast natural resource, is often disposed of through burning, but new research by scientists at MIT could make it easier to capture this gas for use as fuel or a chemical feedstock. Many oil wells burn off methane — the largest component of natural gas — in a process called flaring, which currently wastes 150 billion cubic meters of the gas ...
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Southern Research Project Advances Novel CO2 Utilization Strategy
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy has awarded Southern Research nearly $800,000 for a project that targets a more cost-efficient and environmentally friendly method of producing some of the most important chemicals used in manufacturing. Southern Research is developing a novel nano-engineered catalyst-driven process for the production of light olefins, such as ethylene and ...
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Eversource takes state pipeline decision to Supreme Court
New Hampshire’s largest utility is taking its case for a proposed natural gas pipeline expansion project to the state’s highest court. Eversource Energy says it wants to expand the existing Algonquin pipeline system in Connecticut and Massachusetts through a project called Access Northeast. The $3 billion joint venture proposed by Eversource, Spectra Energy and National Grid is ...
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ALLETE Clean Energy Plans Expansion of North Dakota Wind Farm
ALLETE Clean Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ALLETE, Inc. (NYSE: ALE), today announced its plan to work with Montana-Dakota Utilities (MDU) to expand the Thunder Spirit wind farm in North Dakota, reaching the 150-megawatt permitted capacity of the facility ALLETE Clean Energy developed in 2014 and 2015. ALLETE Clean Energy secured a 25-year power purchase agreement with MDU to purchase ...
By Allete, Inc
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Tenaska’s Advanced Natural Gas Power Station to Improve Resource Efficiency
Black & Veatch has been selected to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for a new 925 megawatt natural gas combined cycle power plant. Using advanced, high efficiency turbine technology and a recycled water cooling process, the Tenaska Westmoreland Generating Station will produce enough power to meet the energy needs of 925,000 homes. The station is located near ...
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Infrastructure Development Delays Harm to Africa’s Industries
The lack of reliable, cost effective power is a massive drain on Africa’s economies. The continent’s power supplies are characterised by being excessively powered by high cost liquid fuels such as diesel and the intermittency of mains electricity. The world’s power supply mix is moving towards one with increased renewable energy and a larger role for gas as a fuel source. ...
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