Emissions

New Mexico is looking at satellites and artificial intelligence to track methane emissions as soaring oil and natural gas production from the Permian Basin have brought concern in the community regarding climate change action.The state will use a model developed by Descartes Labs to map and quantify how much of greenhouse gas is being released.

A partnership to build the world's first zero carbon industrial convoy and decarbonize the North of England has developed.

FLIR Systems has introduced the FLIR T860, the latest addition to the T-Series product line. This new thermal camera features onboard Inspection Route software, which is ideal for streamlining inspections of critical assets such as power substation components, distribution lines, manufacturing equipment, or facility electrical & mechanical systems.

Canadian researchers have discovered a way to extract hydrogen from oil without releasing greenhouse gases. Hydrogen is used by some car manufacturers to power vehicles and is also burned to generate electricity.

A new handheld analyzer features laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) for speed, increased accuracy and greater mobility for petrochemical plants, fabricators, scrap recyclers and quality control departments seeking to measure low concentrations of carbon in metal, The Thermo Scientific Niton Apollo handheld LIBS analyzer puts advanced technology into the hands of end users, allowing them to more quickly and precisely test metals for carbon content in the field.

The EIA recently released the July Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), which forecasts a 2.2% decrease in CO2 emissions in 2019.

South Korea’s Ministry of Environmental (MoE) recently revised the country's enforcement rules on volatile organic compounds (VOCs), under the Clean Air Conservation Act.The revisions include:- Expand existing requirements that mandate companies to monitor VOC emissions and record them;- Adding 11 substances to the list of VOCs that must be monitored and collected under the Act;- Imposing a maximum limit of 67% VOC content in paints; and- Impose stricter requirements on crude oil refining facilities, which emit arsenic acids.The ministry believes this implementation will reduce VOC emissions from the oil refining and paint industries by 15%.

Japan has released a long-term climate strategy for climate action. Prior to the United Kingdom's announcement that it would legislate to net zero by 2050, the world’s third largest economy approved a plan stating, 'a carbon-neutral society as the final goal, to be realized at the earliest possible time in the latter half of this century'.The strategy builds on Japan's 2016 pledge to reduce  emissions by 80% by 2050 from 2010 levels, and lays out strategies to innovate in areas such as hydrogen and carbon dioxide capture and utilization.

Research from the University of Texas in Austin has shown that injecting air and carbon dioxide into methane ice deposits buried beneath the Gulf of Mexico could have the potential to unlock natural gas energy resources, while also trapping the carbon dioxide underground.The study was published in the journal Water Resources Research, which used computer models to simulate what would happen when mixtures of carbon dioxide and air were injected into deposits of methane hydrate, a water-rich, almost ice-like chemical compound that forms in high-pressure and low-temperature environments, like the Gulf of Mexico and the Arctic circle.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory under the U.S.Department of Energy has been awarded $6 million USD to find methane 'super emitters' to help quantify and potentially mitigate methane emissions.