Emission management
Amid investor pressure, ExxonMobil taps its Poker Lake facility in New Mexico as the company’s first for natural-gas certification.
Purchasing carbon offsets is a widespread means of attempting to meet carbon-reduction and net-zero emissions goals across many industries. Also widespread is the increasing scrutiny of the practice. How “real” are the offsets? How are they quantified and verified, and by whom?
The company’s 2021 Energy Transition Outlook says the Earth likely will miss the 2°C goal of the Paris Agreement and the window to get back on track is closing rapidly.
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The energy transition was present but not at center stage at recent earnings calls as majors celebrated their improving financial performance. -
The world’s largest emissions trading market will probably start slowly.
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The year-long research project is aimed at proving the feasibility of reliable, space-based emissions monitoring.
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We need to analyze the carbon intensity of reserves, the potential emissions that are in front of us, not just the carbon intensity of current operations. An engineering solution associated with production forecasts over time offers a framework for thinking through the carbon-emissions issue.
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President Biden is seeking plans from pipeline operators aimed at curbing methane emissions in their daily operations.
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The roadmap presented by the International Energy Agency requires extreme measures that could be career changing for petroleum engineers.
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BP says its new $1.3-billion Grand Slam electrified oil, gas, and water-handling facility is a clear example of its net-zero strategy in action.
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The major rule change adopted this month also gives oil and gas producers a deadline to capture 98% of their produced gas by 2026.
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Iraq, which is second only to Russia in terms of gas flaring, is nearing an agreement with Total to implement dual-energy megaprojects to capture that gas and wean the country away from sanctioned Iranian gas and electricity imports. Solar power will play a major role.
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At least a dozen satellites are being built to orbit the Earth in search of methane leaks. They will be measuring methane flows, and some will be able to identify the source down to the facility level.
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