Company News

Exxon Mobil Corp. Chief Executive Officer Darren Woods is eyeing oil and natural gas deals despite calls to reduce emissions, saying any shift in the world’s energy supply will take decades.“Energy transitions take a long time,” Woods said at the Barclays CEO Energy-Power Conference in New York.

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has announced USD $60 million in funding for state pipeline and underground natural gas storage safety programs.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Carbon Capture Center has welcomed major French energy player Total as a new member.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposed rule to implement Section 401 of the Clean Water Act (CWA).

Mosaic Materials, a chemical and engineering company, has made significant progress on a unique process that uses Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) to separate carbon dioxide from air or flue gas.

Capstone Turbine Corporation has secured an order to provide 1.2 megawatts (MW) of energy to power a triethylene glycol (TEG) dehydration facility in the Basra region of Iraq using two C600 Signature Series microturbines.

Maestro Digital Mine has launched a digital IIoT solution, the Zephyr AQS. The compact, low cost environmental air quality monitoring station is designed for underground mines.The Zephyr AQ IIoT device connects directly to an industrial network without requiring expensive and complex programmable logic controllers and analog based instruments.

Empowering Women in Industry will be hosting an awards gala to close the one-day conference on September 26th, 2019 at the Chicago Athletic Hotel.

The Gorgon gas project in the state of Western Australia was built by Chevron in 2016, and produces 25 million metric tons of natural gas and up to 10 million metric tons of carbon dioxide each year.

BP’s Group Chief Executive, Bob Dudley, spoke on climate issues during London's Chatham House Corporate Leaders series. Dudley set out the necessary components in order to achieve a net-zero emissions world, including:    • Zero-carbon heat and power, provided largely by renewables and supported by decarbonized gas, including the use of carbon capture use and storage (CCUS).• Electric and hydrogen-powered cars on the roads and the skies and seas navigated by planes and ships powered by biofuels and hydrogen.• A circular economy over the throw-away culture.• Nature's power harnessed to reduce emissions through planting trees and nurturing peatlands.