Decarbonization
The firm’s latest analysis puts the bulk of the blame on a fragmented supply chain.
Sustainable energy continues to grow as a focus for reliable, affordable, and secure energy as seen from the past year of papers reviewed for this feature. Three primary areas are being reported on heavily: carbon use for enhanced oil recovery, geological hydrogen discovery, and critical minerals from the subsurface.
This paper explores the development of direct-lithium-extraction technologies designed to recover lithium from unconventional feedstocks.
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Also: A report says Bitcoin mining could ease emissions. Haliburton is accelerating its clean-energy efforts, while insurer Chubb cracks down on methane. ExxonMobil and Linde team up in Texas. Shell plans to limit CO2 emissions in Dutch plants, and Drax presses pause on bioenergy in the UK. -
The Gas Growth Integrated Project will capture and supply flare gas to generate electricity and treat seawater to manage pressure in oil wells in Iraq’s Basra region.
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Texas A&M University-Qatar in collaboration with the SPE Qatar Section conducted a 2-day virtual workshop on flow assurance, carbon reduction, and digitalization. Participants included more than 200 professionals associated with academia, research institutes, and industry from 23 countries.
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Deployment of Mosaic DAC pilot units are envisaged for a pair of HIF eFuel facilities.
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Dow, X-energy join forces to supply nuclear power to Gulf Coast plant, while NuScale gets the go-ahead from western cities to build reactor despite cost increases.
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The first direct air capture facility will debut a few months late, but that’s not a big concern for its developer.
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Dealmaking has picked up steam, especially by Oxy. Many of the announced deals by Oxy and others are in Texas and in the Gulf Coast region.
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The authors describe implementation of permanent-magnet-motor technology in different artificial lift systems that has resulted in power savings of more than 15% and lifting-cost optimization.
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Recently published research suggests that carbon dioxide stored underground will stay there for millions of years.
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The funding is for 33 research and development projects which will tackle the technical challenges of capturing CO2.
