Sealings

U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-Tex.) recently introduced legislation that would require the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a research, development and implementation program for carbon capture technologies at natural gas-fired power plants.The bill aims to create a partnership with the private sector for demonstration project and accelerate development and commercial application of natural gas carbon capture technologies. “The US leads the world in emissions reduction, but to build on that success, we need to incentivize innovation and partner with the private sector to create affordable solutions,” Cornyn said in a press release.

Carbfix is the industrial process to capture CO2 and other sour gases from emission sources and permanently store it as rock.

Effective emission reduction starts with knowing the exact location and the magnitude of those losses.

BP Plc and Royal Dutch Shell Plc oil companies are giving $1 million each for Carbon Dividends advocacy campaign in the US, in an to effort to persuade Congress to enact a carbon tax-and-dividend plan.

Canada’s energy industry champions in operational and project excellence, innovation and research excellence, and exporting excellence were announced at the first annual Daily Oil Bulletin Energy Excellence Awards at the Devonian Gardens in Calgary on May 2, 2019.

The European knowledge sharing network has received new funding from the European Commission to support and inspire major carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) projects in an efforts to deliver climate action.

DTE Energy plans to close two coal-fired power plants earlier than first announced as part of the Michigan-based utility's goal to reduce its carbon emissions by 80% by 2040.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced up to $20 million in federal funding for cooperative agreements that will help accelerate the deployment of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS).

BP announced that it has created a $100 million fund for projects that will deliver new greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions in its upstream oil and gas operations.

Italian oil and gas major Eni has set out its plans to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2030, noting an additional €3bn of investment towards forestry offsets, renewables, circular economy initiatives, energy efficiency, and flaring down projects.