Last week President Joe Biden signed a bill to repeal a Trump-era rule that loosened regulations on methane emissions from the oil and gas industry, according to CNN. Biden said the bill is an “important first step” to cut methane pollution and said it “reflects a return to common sense and commitment to the common
Read More...Last week EQT announced a comprehensive plan to reduce Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse emissions by 2025, according to Natural Gas News. The announcement comes just a week after the company joined the Climate and Clean Air Coalition’s Oil & Gas Methane Partnership, which targets a reduction in methane emissions in line with the
Read More...Congress moved to restore environmental regulations to limit methane emissions, reversing a Trump-era rollback, with a 229-191 House vote on Friday, according to The Wall Street Journal. The decision from the House followed an earlier 52-42 vote by the Senate to reverse the rollback. President Biden is expected to sign the measure, bringing him one
Read More...EQT announced it has joined Climate and Clean Air Coalition’s Oil & Gas Methane Partnership, an initiative committed to lowering methane emissions in line with the Paris climate accord, according to Natural Gas World. The oil and gas companies who’ve joined the initiative are responsible for more than 30% of global oil and gas production.
Read More...Oil and natural gas systems have the greatest potential for reducing global methane emissions, according to the United Nation’s recent Global Methane Assessment. Notably, data from this comprehensive analysis show that North American methane emissions from oil and gas systems represent less than 4 percent of anthropogenic and less than 2 percent of total global
Read More...Chesapeake Energy Corp. has launched a pilot program with environmental monitoring company Project Canary to watch methane emissions more closely and earn a certification that natural gas from its Marcellus and Haynesville shale wells is responsibly produced, according to Natural Gas Intelligence. The agreement includes installing methane gas monitors at select well pads in the Marcellus
Read More...The U.S. Department of Energy is ready to contribute $35 million to develop technologies that can help reduce methane emissions in the oil, gas and coal industries, according to Farm and Dairy. The new Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy program is looking for projects that can be easily replicated and commercialized quickly to cut methane accumulation
Read More...George StarkDirector, External AffairsCabot Oil & Gas … .. [Editor’s Note: Methane leak reduction is a priority for Cabot Oil & Gas and the company uses an OGI camera to detect and eliminate those leaks.] Have you ever wondered how gas leaks are detected while in the field? We rely on the use of an
Read More...Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) [Editor’s Note: Climate change is now nothing but a political slogan, an excuse to strip away every conceivable American freedom we now enjoy.] Forget about the great American road trip. You won’t be able to charge your electric vehicle quickly enough or (in some cases) at all. Prepare to
Read More...America’s shale industry battled low oil prices, economic shutdowns resulting in decreased demand and a pandemic in 2020, but that didn’t stop the industry from continuing to strive to improve its environmental footprint through research, innovation, collaboration and commitments to greater transparency. As we round out December, let’s take a look at some of the
Read More...A new nanomaterial cement mixture may be the solution for sealing leaking natural gas wells, according to Penn State scientists. Leaky wells are considered a potential source of methane emissions. When wells are drilled cement is used to secure the pipe to the surrounding rock, creating a seal that prevents methane from migrating and entering
Read More...The most effective and economically beneficial way to reduce flaring is through the construction of new pipelines to ship associated natural gas to market – a fact that received unanimous agreement during a recent panel discussion on the Permian Basin hosted by Rice University’s Baker Institute. The panelists – which included Rystad Energy’s Mike McCormick,
Read More...How often do royalty payments come? Depending on the company, royalty payments can arrive monthly or quarterly. Are my royalty payments transferable? Yes. If you plan on selling your property, notify the gas company that is leasing your land and your realtor. They will make arrangements to allow the royalty payments to transfer to a
Read More...Roger CaiazzaIndependent Researcher and Publisher,Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … [Editor Comment: The CLCPA climate legislation is a reprehensible piece of politically correct legislation of no practicality with big impacts on NYers.] On July 18, 2019, Governor Cuomo signed into law the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA). It is among the most ambitious climate laws
Read More...A study released by the Environmental Defense Fund recently reported Pennsylvania’s oil and gas industry emits over 1.1 million short tons of methane annually — more than 16 times the amount reported to the state Department of Environmental Protection, according to Daily American. Although unconventional well operators reported 70,150 short tons of methane emissions in 2017, EDF’s
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