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Robots equipped with advanced technologies are yielding increasingly positive results, bringing a continued transformation in the operations of oil and...
State oil and gas regulators are beginning to work on considering new rules designed to boost the use of recycled...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill today that affirms local governments’ authority to protect communities by limiting or banning...
Lithium is the lightweight champion of the periodic table; one of the universe’s lightest elements, it is playing a crucial...
The UK’s offshore oil and gas industry reached its 2027 target for cutting emissions four years earlier than promised by...
The Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission has adopted a new set of rules that provides a permitting pathway for...
Three high school students from Cary, North Carolina, recently raised a whopping $11,000 with one goal in mind: to plug...
U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) has joined a bipartisan group of senators to cosponsor the Abandoned Well Remediation Research and...
This round of funding included $126.7 million that went to Ohio and four other states: Alaska, New York, Indiana and Arizona....
The federal government is asking for public input on plans to cap twenty abandoned gas and oil wells along the...
State regulators outlined a plan Tuesday to permanently seal 217 additional wells as part of the second phase of a...
The Bureau of Land Management proposal could expand the areas in the National Petroleum Reserve that are off limits to...
Eni SPA announced Monday another discovery in its 50 percent owned Block 9 in the Sureste Basin offshore Mexico....
The European Union’s methane regulations will soon come into full force, prompting oil, gas, and coal companies to monitor, measure...
Shell Canada Products, a subsidiary of Shell plc, announced the Final Investment Decision (FID) for Polaris, a carbon capture project...
Funding from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda Builds on Nearly 100 Cross-Government Actions that Are Sharply Reducing Methane Pollution...
Jennifer Faubion, economist with the Legislative Finance Committee, said oil and gas brought in $6.6 billion to the State in...
ConocoPhillips announced it would be buying Marathon Oil in an all-stock deal worth more than $22 billion. The deal is...
Ogun State is blessed to be in the Dahomey Basin corridor with an expected high deposit of oil, assuring that...
The Derr farm has about 40 abandoned wells on the property. Carl Derr refers to them as minefields. You have...
California will receive more than $35 million in federal funding to plug and remediate 206 high-risk orphaned oil and gas...
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The US House passed Congresswoman Summer Lee's bipartisan bill to tackle abandoned oil and gas wells. Pennsylvania leads the country...
Dressed in a dark plaid button down and jeans with a rodeo belt buckle, Schuyler Wight arrived in Austin once...
The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) has awarded $36.9 million in grants to three states for cleaning up legacy...
DENVER — By the end of April, Colorado’s top regulatory agency for the oil and gas industry was expected to...
Recently, some Bowling Green residents received letters from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas Resources...
In western Kern County, where rolling hills are punctuated by bobbing rigs, the state’s largest oil and gas producer is...
Earlier this year, a company in Oklahoma was issued the world’s first carbon credits for plugging orphaned oil and gas...
Some small independent oil and gas companies may find it difficult to bid on energy leases after the U.S. Bureau...
Carbon capture companies find themselves in an odd position. They exist because of the threat of climate change, a problem...
The new rule aims to cut energy waste from venting, flaring, and leaks and is expected to help generate $5...
The money from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will go to help Tribes plug orphaned oil and gas wells, combat climate...
What Steve Plants has been doing for the past 40 years is anything but fungible or standardized — that’s the...
Michigan is the recipient of a new $5.87 million investment to continue work on plugging, reclaiming and restoring orphaned oil...
The number of orphan wells in Colorado has topped 1,000 — a four-fold increase in four years — as the...
The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in January that US domestic production of crude oil for September 2023 set...
Pennsylvania faces significant challenges in addressing the issue of orphan wells, which pose environmental and public threats, alongside concerns about...
G2 Energy Corp (CSE:GTOO, OTC:GTGEF) announced that oil and gas production remains at a stable baseline at its Masten Unit...
U.S. oil and gas exploration and production companies spent as much as $234 billion on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) last...
HELENA, Mont. — The U.S. Department of the Interior made $55 million available from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda...
Alberta’s energy sector is set for a record year in production according to analysts, following the province’s best January ever...
Maxim Volkov, TGT Diagnostics; John Griffin, BioSqueeze Inc.; Samuel Avilez, TGT Diagnostics; Hayden Binde, BioSqueeze Inc. IADC/SPE International Drilling Conference...
Natural gas prices surged on Monday after EQT Corporation (NYSE:EQT), the largest U.S. producer, announced it was cutting output in...
Since 2017, oil production has grown 15-fold as the county became Colorado’s second-biggest producer churning out 12.8 million barrels in...
IMPERIAL, Texas—Mounds of dirt towered over Bill Wight, who stared helplessly at the piles that had once been pasture for...
Federal money helped Pennsylvania plug 139 abandoned oil and gas wells last year. That’s more than in the eight years...
A company has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with the federal government and the state of New Mexico to address air...
The Series D, led by funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, arrives as Kairos’ oil and gas industry customers scramble...
Murray Auchincloss signaled that he would take a more profit-oriented approach than his predecessor, who started a big push into...
A bipartisan New Mexico Senate bill intended to unlock more state funding for the clean up of abandoned oil and...
Crude oil and natural gas extraction in Texas reached record levels in 2023, according to the industry’s annual report....
In addition to its three mineral royalty acquisitions in the Permian, Union Jack Oil is also looking to expand into...
As climate activists declare a win, the Department of Energy secretary says the pause is needed to update current policy....
Alberta’s oil and gas industry in 2022 spent $517.9 million (CAD 696 million) on cleanup, exceeding the $314 million (CAD...
New bills could curb industry excesses; enforcement agencies offered small increases....
Rebellion Energy Solutions uses ACR methodology to finance climate action and restore tallgrass prairie in Oklahoma....
The funding comes from the Investing in America agenda with the goal of addressing legacy pollution....
Michigan environmental regulators said they plugged about 200 orphan oil and gas wellsin 2023 as part of efforts to reduce...
John Griffin, BioSqueeze Inc.; Richard Bean; Randy Hiebert, BioSqueeze Inc. SPE Thermal Well Integrity and Production Symposium Banff, Alberta CA...
Environmental scores indicate that the oil and gas industry's path to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions is being blazed by European...
Across Schuyler Wight’s two West Texas ranches, about 250 abandoned oil and gas wells sit open and unused, creating a...
Saudi Arabia is set to fall below Russia and lose its spot as the largest oil producer in the OPEC+...
Exxon said it is purchasing an experienced developer of carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) solutions and EOR for $89.4...
With its flaking red paint, broken pressure gauge and cranks fallen to the ground, an oil well sits forsaken in...
Permian midstream mismatch has consequences for the ESG-minded oil and gas industry....
Jeffery Hildebrand built an empire by buying castoff wells from big companies under ESG pressure. Climate activists and Wall Street...
The $660 million in funding, available to 27 states, will go toward the plugging of so-called orphan wells, or wells...
The US has some 3.7 million derelict oil and gas wells, the Environmental Protection Agency estimates, located everywhere from tiny...
BOEM said on June 27 the proposed changes were intended to better protect American taxpayers from incurring the costs associated...
The oil and gas industry has some of the best and most cost-effective opportunities to reduce methane emissions....
Carbon Credit Market Seizes On a New Opportunity: Plugging Oil and Gas Wells...
McGill University researchers are leading an international team whose goal is to create a framework to help governments in the...
Enverus claims hundreds of millions of barrels of gas condensates are nowhere to be found in public data due to...
The energy world has for decades looked to oil rigs 100 miles off the coast of Scotland’s northernmost islands to...
Pennsylvania Democrats voted Tuesday to advance legislation that would resurrect regulators’ ability to address the commonwealth’s orphaned and abandoned oil...
Standards Are the First to Specifically Address Plugging Orphan Oil and Gas Wells – a Substantial Source of Methane Emissions....
Colorado Sen. John Hickenlooper met with oil industry and environmental officials Thursday at an “orphan” oil well to kick off...
The intensity of methane and greenhouse gas emissions from the oil and gas sector declined 28% and 30%, respectively, between...
Updated analysis benchmarks the relative emissions intensity and total reported methane, carbon dioxide, and nitrous oxide emissions of more than...
Finding an economic and effective solution to seal O&G wells is essential in order to safely decommission our end of...
ZEFIRO METHANE CORP. (the “Company”, “Zefiro”, or “ZEFI”) announced that it has acquired a majority ownership stake in Plants &...
The American Carbon Registry (ACR), a greenhouse gas registry, has released a methodology for creating carbon offset credits from plugging...
A resurgence of wildfires across Canada’s main energy producing province in recent days has prompted at least one driller to...
The pace of traditional power plant retirements and a rapid switch to electrification is posing “unprecedented challenges to the reliability...
The Orphan Well project evolved from recommendations in the Final Report of the NT Hydraulic Fracturing Inquiry (HFI). The purpose...
Wildfires in Alberta, Canada, has shut down at least 145,000 boe/d of production and caused the provincial government to declare...
With a slowing global economy crimping demand, Moscow appears not to have followed through on pledges to cut output...
By embracing the twenty-first century tools and techniques of the geospatial mapping, NETL researchers are developing new means of locating...
Implementation of the EPA’s proposal to dramatically cut emissions from model year 2027 cars and light trucks may depend on...
Shale fracking changed the world but now the investors want their share of the bounty. That is going to have...
In this legislative session, Oklahoma lawmakers are again taking a leadership position — this time tackling the near-century-old issue of...
The Biden administration on April 20 said it had agreed on separate settlements worth about $25 million in total with...
Efforts are underway at Blackstone, KKR, Carlyle, Apollo, and other private-equity heavyweights. They're moving quickly to profit from decarbonization as...
The German cabinet on April 19 approved a bill that bans most new oil and gas heating systems from 2024...
There is approximately 36 Bcf/d of associated wet gas output coming from four major U.S. shale basins – the Permian...
Alberta’s oil and gas methane emissions are estimated to have been reduced by approximately 44% between 2014 and 2021....
In October, Texas was the first state in the nation to begin plugging orphaned oil and gas wells using an...
By directly measuring greenhouse gas emissions from an airplane flying over the Gulf of Mexico, a University of Michigan-led team...
Louisiana leaders took a victory lap last week for their quick work in plugging 100 orphaned oil and gas wells...
Over the next three years, researchers with the West Virginia University Center for Alternative Fuels, Engines and Emissions will try...
Innovations have made it possible for operators to bring wells back to life through interventions, despite disruptive neighbors, technological limitations...
Chubb Ltd. said Wednesday it will restrict coverage for oil and gas extraction projects unless policyholders reduce methane emissions, a...
MiQ certification to cover all GHGs from LNG supply chain including methane, carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide...
We invite you to join the P&ATS to help our industry thrive, as the expectations from the stakeholders get tougher...
Two recent insolvencies have resulted in the number of orphaned wells and facilities in Saskatchewan ballooning to over 4000. To...
Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced that a $1.27 million contract has been awarded to plug one abandoned gas well at...
BPX Energy, BP’s US onshore upstream business, has expanded MiQ certification to 100% of BP’s US onshore facilities in Texas...
Funding Supports 22 Projects to Advance Technologies to Monitor, Measure, and Mitigate Methane Emissions Across the U.S. Natural Gas Supply...
his case study highlights the effectiveness of unmanned aerial systems in enabling land-based operators to assess the relative seriousness of...
The Biden EPA plans to allow private citizens to police oil wells and pipelines for methane leaks. Most of the...
The plans seek to meet new state financial requirements, but some smaller operators are hoping to put up only a...
From refracturing old wells to ones that don’t have to be fractured at all, notable producers argue that experiments are...
Federal infrastructure law gives states financial incentive to remediate orphan wells....
The State of New Mexico, using federal funds provided in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is working to plug...
The agency’s draft methane rules released last fall would, for the first time, give citizens and communities a formal role...
Randy Hiebert, BioSqueeze Inc.; John Griffin, BioSqueeze Inc. SPE/ICoTA Well Intervention Conference and Exhibition The Woodlands, Texas USA | March 2023...
The U.S. natural gas industry continues to drive emission reductions across operations, with new data from the EPA’s draft Greenhouse...
More than a year after 110 countries signed onto the Global Methane Pledge at COP26 in Glasgow, nations are starting...
EMNRD’s Oil Conservation Division has reportedly prevented over 46,000 kilograms per year of methane from polluting the atmosphere through its...
Range Resources Corp. touted a long-term monitoring of air around a Cecil Township well pad that it said showed no...
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland visited the Pittsburgh area Thursday to announce the plugging of the first 10 abandoned oil and...
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today issued a Secretary’s Order to establish an Orphaned Wells Program Office to ensure...
He said the federal government ordered that the money was to be contracted out right away. The expectation was the...
Unprecedented funding will help reduce hazards from orphaned wells. But regulators are grappling with which ones to tackle first....
EOG Resources Inc. joined the Oil and Gas Methane Partnership 2.0 (OGMP 2.0), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and...
QT has reduced its methane emissions by 70% and reduced its annual carbon footprint by 305,614 metric tons of CO...
Largest U.S. oil companies retreat from big international projects and plan to spend most of their budgets this year in...
As California transitions away from fossil fuels in the years ahead to pursue aggressive climate goals, an increasing number of...
Satellite imaging of methane emissions offers the fossil fuel industry the empirical data it needs to fix problems that companies...
Europe’s energy-squeezed winter has sent power operators and businesses into high alert for blackout risks, heightened by Russia’s war in...
Natural gas output in the Appalachia region, the top gas-producing basin in the U.S., dropped by a record amount as...
New England seems unable to reduce its reliance on fuel oil to generate electricity during times of peak usage. This...
Sitting about 12 miles off the Louisiana coast near the mouth of the Mississippi River, an abandoned well has been...
The European Union reached an agreement to impose a tax on imports based on the greenhouse gases emitted to make...
Carbon Path and ZeroSix are two companies creating a carbon credit to incentivize companies to plug old oil wells....
In this paper, an experimental study using different pH0 of urease (or bacterial) solution for EICP (or MICP) biocementation is...
With the oil and gas industry accounting for almost 70% of methane emissions in Alberta, the AER is focused on...
Across the country, fossil fuel companies have walked away from thousands of oil and gas wells, leaving them unplugged and...
In the province of Alberta alone, approximately 258,000 wells are designated to be abandoned in the next ten years. This...
In this study, triaxial consolidated drained (CD) tests and constant shear drained (CSD) tests were carried out to evaluate the...
he Department of the Interior today announced a proposed rule from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to address the...
U.S. energy company Equitrans Midstream Corp. said it stopped a natural gas leak at its Rager Mountain storage facility in...
An average household that burns heating oil could spend 45% more for it this winter, according to a base-case forecast...
In this study, using Sporosarcina pasteurii with high urea enzyme activity and a suitable cementation solution, the formation of calcium...
President Biden touted U.S. plans to cut methane emissions and boost climate funding to developing countries in an address that...
In contrast to the previously published literature, through bibliometric analysis, this review paper focuses on the current prospects and future...
On Friday a satellite identified six methane releases in northeast China near the Daqing oilfield, according to GHGSat. If the...
To explore the optimized design of bio-mediated soil enhancement, the influence of different calcium sources (i.e., calcium acetate, calcium nitrate...
The demise of the dirtiest fossil fuel has been delayed as power shortages and the war in Ukraine drive consumption...
A flotilla of tankers carrying liquefied natural gas have been parked in a maritime traffic jam off the coast of...
National and local regulators say they weren’t aware of a plume of the potent greenhouse gas spotted near the Saskatchewan-Alberta...
The Biden administration is nearing completion of its long-awaited proposal to curb methane gas emissions, setting the stage for a...
This study investigated the physical-mechanical properties of MICP-treated loess and then explored the mechanism of loess modification by MICP....
The war in Ukraine is raging, Russian natural gas exports to Europe are dwindling and the winter heating season is...
Texas has become the first state in the nation to begin plugging abandoned oil and gas wells using federal grants...
The EPA is moving to include more industrial sources in requirements that govern major facility modifications, according to a proposed...
In this study, thirty-five batch experiments were performed to specifically investigate the influence of seawater ions and varying soil materials...
Luxury shops across the city are turning off their nighttime lights, plunging the Avenue de Montaigne and other areas renowned...
EMSWORTH, Pa.—About 30 years ago, Ralph Molenda learned that he had an abandoned gas well leaking under his driveway. The...
Pennsylvania is up against a clock to finish emissions regulations for oil and gas sites. At risk are hundreds of...
In a study of the three largest oil and gas basins in the United States, the researchers found that the...
Two undersea leaks that began in the Russian-owned Nord Stream gas pipelines on Monday were likely caused by powerful underwater...
Britain on Sept. 22 formally lifted a moratorium on fracking for shale gas that has been in place since 2019...
A report published in June by Spanish university researchers in the journal Environmental Science and Technology Letters estimated that the...
Natural gas-fired power plants are generating the bulk of California's electricity amid an ongoing energy crisis despite the state's aggressive...
The discovery of new types of high-yield urease-producing microorganisms in extreme environments and the use of their particular functions to...
Elon Musk told European energy leaders that the world needs more oil and natural gas and should continue operating nuclear...
Montana is set to receive $25 million from the federal government, to help plug more than 200 orphaned oil and...
Two of New Mexico’s most productive oil and gas counties also contain its most low-producing or “marginal” wells while also...
California claims to know how much climate-warming gas is going into the air from within its borders. It’s the law...
In an effort to monitor for methane emissions non-compliance, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be performing helicopter-based...
One bill in a package has been signed into law aiming to increase the number of orphan wells being plugged...
Tropical wetlands, getting wetter with climate change, emerge as hot spots for heat-trapping gas...
The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) showed that methane is responsible for around one-third of...
The UN is aggregating methane emissions from satellites and other sources into a global database, starting with the energy industry...
The high court said a cap on power plants’ carbon dioxide emissions that forces a transition to other fuels may...
A coal mine in a remote part of Russia is spewing out huge amounts of a very potent greenhouse gas...
The concept of microbially induced calcite precipitation (MICP) is in vogue for quite some time; but a multitude of factors...
Some Bakersfield residents are concerned about potential explosions after a state agency found that six idle oil wells near homes...
The shear strength (vertical pressure 50, 100, 200, and 300 kPa) and soil structure of the remolded loess with different...
Focusing on carbon dioxide alone will not keep world within 1.5C limit of global heating, warn scientists...
Legislation that positions Louisiana to receive an estimated $200 million in federal grants to fix orphan oil wells became law...
Soil properties, the chemical composition of cementation solution, injection technique, and environmental conditions have all been extensively studied as variables...
Cement and chemical materials are common methods for soil reinforcement, but they are limited because of environmental pollution....
Microbially induced calcite precipitation (MICP) has been a promising method to improve geotechnical engineering properties; however, there are few literatures...
Microbial-induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) is an innovative technique used for soil improvement, for controlled reduction of permeability in porous...
Microbial-induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) has the potential to be an environmentally friendly technique alternative to traditional methods for sustainable...
Microbially-Induced Carbonate Precipitation (MICP) involves a series of bio-geochemical reactions whereby microbes alter the surrounding aqueous environment and induce calcium...
In this study, a special grouting system was designed to conduct the bio-grouting of shale soils on a testing model....
The influence degree and functional mechanism of seawater salinity on the growth and mineralization of Sporosarcina pasteurii and its repair...
Biomineralization has emerged as a novel and eco-friendly technology for artificial mineral formation utilizing the metabolism of organisms....
The past fifteen years have been a rich developing field for Microbiologically Induced Calcite Precipitation (MICP) as an alternative to...
Microbially precipitated calcium carbonate (CaCO3) has drawn broad attention due to its potential applications in various areas, for example, biocementation...
Inducing calcium carbonate precipitation is another important function of urease in nature....
Protocols for microbiologically induced calcite precipitation (MICP) using the bacterium Sporosarcina pasteurii are presented here....
Despite the potential contribution of microbially induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) to a range of environmental technologies, little is known about...
When it’s time to retire an oil and gas well for good, BioSqueeze® permanently eliminates methane leakage and sustained annular...
Oil and gas wells that have been drilled but have not yet undergone various completion activities are often compromised by...
Wells that currently produce oil and gas can create unwanted bradenhead pressure (sustained casing pressure), resulting in methane emissions. BioSqueeze®...
The Surface Annular BioSqueeze® seals leaks deep in cemented-to-surface annuli and wellbores. BioSqueeze® goes beyond creating a shallow plug; our...
The Cement Top BioSqueeze® seals leaks in cement plugs in the wellbore by injecting into leakage pathways at the top...
Eliminate leaks at their source using the Downhole BioSqueeze® – the best method available for repairing leaking annular cement. Seal...
BioSqueeze Inc. was contracted by an operator in the DJ Basin of Colorado to remediate high bradenhead pressure (sustained annular...
BioSqueeze Inc. was contracted by an operator in the DJ Basin of Colorado to remediate high bradenhead pressure (sustained casing...
Energy demands naturally fluctuate throughout the year, with colder months typically being the most energy intensive. Natural gas is a...
Pennsylvania is no stranger to oil and gas – the state has been a center of the industry since Colonel...
With $1.15 billion in federal funding on its way, states are gearing up to make the most of their money...
A growing constellation of methane-detecting satellites is giving researchers startling new insights into “super emitters” around the globe....
The White House announced it will send $1.15 billion to states to clean up thousands of methane-emitting orphaned oil and...
Change is inevitable. In West Texas, a region with a long history of energy production and home to the most...
Over 30 oil and gas facilities in the Permian Basin (Texas and New Mexico) – well pads, pipelines, compressor stations...
EQT Corporation has certified a majority of its natural gas production under both the EO100™ Standard for Responsible Energy Development...
While the U.S. has pledged to reduce methane and carbon dioxide emissions to half what they were in 2005 by...
Louisiana is home to 4,605 orphan oil and gas wells and plans to ask the federal government for an Infrastructure...
In the wake of Europe’s energy crisis, the European Union (EU) is considering classification of nuclear power and natural gas...
Colorado regulators adopted statewide rules to slash methane emissions and volatile organic compounds (VOC) from oil and gas operations, including...
The New York City Council is considering a ban on natural gas in new buildings: If implemented, new buildings can...
The rule would be a significant change for producers in Pennsylvania, the second-largest U.S. natural gas producer. Many states impose...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s latest attempt to “turn up the heat” on the energy sector sparked a backlash from industry executives...
State environmental regulators have spent years trying to find wells and fund plugging of Pennsylvania’s abandoned oil and gas wells...
Infrastructure investment is a rare issue that Americans and our political leaders agree on. The recently passed Infrastructure Investment and...
President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan infrastructure package Monday that includes funding for expanded broadband, plugging of orphaned oil and...
The House passed a $1 trillion infrastructure bill Nov. 5: It includes renewed Superfund excise taxes on petrochemicals along with...
Global leaders at the Glasgow climate summit pledged to sharply curtail methane emissions, with President Biden saying the U.S. would...
Throughout California and other parts of the country, thousands of abandoned oil and gas wells remain unplugged. Some have even...
The U.S. is working with the European Union on a pledge to help cut global methane emissions nearly a third...
Orphan oil and gas wells idled by companies that cannot pay to plug them are an issue in many states...
With 3 million abandoned wells across the United States (2 million are still unplugged, according to the EPA), some states...
Keep your valuable resources from escaping by sealing problem leaks at their source. BioSqueeze®'s biomineralization solution can seal any leakage...
Carbon capture, utilization and sequestration (CCUS) is becoming an important solution for reducing the impact of the oil and gas...
A Stanford University study of comprehensive aerial data – multiple measurements of 90% of wells in the New Mexico section...
BioSqueeze Inc. was contracted by a company to mitigate an annular vent in a gas storage well in the process...
Surface casing vent flow (SCVF), the uncontrolled migration of liquid and gas upward through leakage pathways in the annulus, has...
Reliance on overseas energy sources is harmful for the economy, national security, and the climate. Implementing a framework for effectively...
BioSqueeze Inc. was contracted by a company in Pennsylvania to mitigate casing pressure in both the 9 5/8” x 7”...
BioSqueeze Inc. was contracted by an operator in Pennsylvania to seal a leak in the cement plug of a previously...
Carbon emissions, climate change, mandated reporting, and impending regulations: Taking action now is essential to meet environmental goals. Absent clear...
BioSqueeze Inc. was contracted by an operator to mitigate annular pressure in a well slated for abandonment....
BioSqueeze Inc. was contracted by an operator to seal a leaking annulus in a well in the process of being...
Dependable, affordable energy is a critical but underappreciated component of national security, and American natural gas can be a strategic...
BioSqueeze Inc. was contracted by an operator to eliminate annular pressure in a well in the process of being abandoned....
BioSqueeze Inc. was contracted by an operator in Colorado to eliminate bradenhead pressure in a well slated for abandonment. Prior...
BioSqueeze Inc. was contracted by an operator in Ohio to eliminate annular pressure in a well in the process of...
Founded by the UN Environment Programme and the Climate and Clean Air Coalition, OGMP 2.0 partners include the European Commission...
Certified natural gas provides measurable proof of emissions reduction and incentivizes improved monitoring, measurement, and mitigation through differentiation. As pressure...
The 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan, released by the federal government earlier this year provides a 271-page plan to achieve carbon...
BioSqueeze Inc. was contracted to mitigate annular gas on the 13-3/8 in x 9-5/8 in annulus on a previously plugged...
Up to $32 million will be provided by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to fund research and development of...
BSI was contracted to eliminate gas migration on the backside of the 7” casing of a well being plugged in...
BSI was contracted to mitigate casing pressure on a well being plugged in Pennsylvania....
A scaled back version of the $2 trillion Build Back Better Act, the $740 billion Inflation Reduction Act, was signed...
Business titan Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, says American oil and gas can help other countries reduce dependence on...
The current global energy crisis is driving private-equity firms to highlight the critical role of oil and natural gas in...
BSI was contracted to reduce bradenhead pressure on a producing well in Colorado. Bond logs indicated there was a micro...
BioSqueeze Inc. was contracted to remediate bradenhead pressure on a well in the process of being abandoned in Colorado. Cement...
BSI was contracted to mitigate casing pressure on a well in Pennsylvania. The bond log indicated poor cement bonding throughout...
As states finalize their plans to use federal funding, prioritizing which wells to address first and how to budget have...
BSI was contracted to eliminate annular pressure on a well in Pennsylvania where previous remediation had failed. A 0 psi...
BSI was contracted to mitigate pressure on a well in Pennsylvania leaking from both the 9-5/8” x 7” & 7” x 4-1/2” annuli....
BSI was contracted to mitigate annular gas on a well in Pennsylvania leaking from the 8-5/8” x 5-1/2” annulus. The...
BSI was contracted to eliminate casing pressure on a well in Pennsylvania leaking from the inside of the production casing....
Ontario is facing a problem – the past. Orphan wells, relics of Ontario’s claim as the first North American commercial...
BSI was contracted to eliminate annular pressure on the 7” intermediate casing on a well in Pennsylvania. Prior to treatment...
Just a month after lifting the 2019 ban on fracking, newly appointed British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has reinstated the...
BSI was contracted to mitigate gas traveling through the cemented 13-3/8” x 9-5/8” annulus and up the wellbore via the...
Texas became the first state to plug an orphaned well using funding from the Infrastructure Act with the plugging of...
BSI was contracted to seal a leak in the 7” x 4-1/2” annulus on a well in Pennsylvania. An acoustic...
BSI was contracted to seal a leak in the 8-5/8” x 5-1/2” annulus on a well in Pennsylvania. An acoustic...
Emissions detection has come a long way, with satellites, drones, and remote monitoring allowing emissions to be identified, quantified, and...
BSI used an acoustic log to identify and seal an annular leak at the source, but a secondary zone was...
COP 27 - World leaders discussed climate change, national environmental policies, and President Biden announced supplemental Clean Air regulations and...
BSI sealed an annular leak deep in a well being abandoned in Pennsylvania, allowing it to be efficiently and cost-effectively...
The proposed rule is intended to revise outdated BLM oil and gas management requirements and to compel modernization of equipment...
BSI assisted with abandonment of a well, sealing a leaking annulus other technologies repeatedly failed to remediate....
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a supplemental proposal on December 6th to update, strengthen, and expand the November 15...
BSI sealed micro annuli casing expansion and micro-fine cement were unable to remediate....
As states set their sights on using $4.7 billion in federal funding to close a record number of orphan wells...
BSI sealed leaks in a cemented annulus, eliminating gas flow, and allowing abandonment operations to proceed as planned....
Public opposition to expansion of natural gas pipelines has led to tight supply of natural gas, with price spikes (harsh...
BSI eliminated gas flow on the production and intermediate annuli with the help of acoustic diagnostics....
Who better to create solutions than those tasked with implementing those solutions? The oil and gas industry can have an...
BSI was contracted to assist with gas migration on a re-entry in Wyoming. Existing cement plugs prevented access for a...
"The Department is standing up a new office to support states, tribes and federal land managers as they close and...
Satellite imagery and surveys to identify and measure methane emissions provides data that will help the industry reduce emissions prior...
ExxonMobil will no longer flare natural gas from Permian production sites as a standard practice, and is calling for industry-wide...
Controversy has erupted in Canada where oil and gas producing provinces are defending their livelyhood, advocating against federal legislation aimed...
Methane capture technology would significantly and rapidly reduce global warming – but pulling methane from the atmosphere is still a...
Forrest Smith, lead petroleum engineer for the National Park Services, has tracked down 2,000+ orphan wells scattered across 84 million...
While methane monitoring arms us with data to identify and prioritize mitigation efforts, at some point the focus must shift...
Natural gas is used for ~40% of U.S. electricity generation and was a primary driver of the 2005 – 201...
With the raucous winter of ’22–’23 almost in the history books, several states are out braving the elements and sealing...
The Saskatchewan Orphan Fund Procurement Program lists each orphaned well (4,079 wells) and its closure progress and owner status....
Offshore facilities account for nearly a third of global oil and gas production, but their locations make evaluating emission difficult....
A public database of third-party data on leaks and company responses/corrections, potentially containing unverified information, may lead to legal and...
In January 2023 Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland established an Orphaned Wells Program Office with funds from the Bipartisan...
Over 82,000 wells drilled have been drilled in the Gulf of Mexico according to the US Bureau of Safety and...
Abandoned oil and gas wells are the 10th largest source of US methane emissions, but emissions and the cost to...
Operational methane and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions intensity vary widely across companies, according to reporting which evaluated data submitted to...
Methane may be responsible for as much as 25% of recent global warming. Accurately measuring methane emissions is an emerging...
With summer in full swing, states are taking action to plug orphaned wells from sea to shining sea....
In addition to methane and CO2, volatile organic compounds linked to risks of cancer, asthma, neurological, immune system, and developmental...
On July 6th the EPA released a proposal to amend the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP) source category requirements for...
Several companies in the U.S. are exploring the impact of plugging non- or low-producing wells and selling the verified reductions...
The EPA and DOE, via an Interagency Agreement, will offer technical assistance with the goals of improving national oil and...
Updates from the White House, EPA, and Colorado on new regulations for GHG's reporting and remediation....
A newly proposed rule change by BLM aims to reduce the burden on taxpayers by increasing the amount oil and...
BSI eliminated gas on a storage well being abandoned in Virginia by performing a Deep Penetrating Annular Surface (DPAS) BioSqueeze®...
BSI eliminated gas flow on a well plugged to surface in Ohio using an inobtrusive Deep Penetrating Annular Surface (DPAS)...
BSI re-entered a plugged well in Ohio to eliminate gas on the intermediate casing, which continued to leak after multiple...
A new satellite planned by the EDF by the name of MethanSAT will be launched in early 2024 and figures...
As regulations continue to tighten across the nation regarding methane and orphan oil and gas wells, we take a look...
In Canada’s province of Alberta, oil and gas producers are taking a major role in funding the plugging and abandonment...
Proposed regulatory changes figure to put oil and gas producers under closer scrutiny and increase bonding and financial surety requirements....
Randy Hiebert, BioSqueeze Inc.; Lauren Panzo, Seneca Resources Company, LLC; John Griffin, BioSqueeze Inc. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition...
Randy Hiebert, BioSqueeze Inc.; John Griffin, BioSqueeze Inc. SPE Oklahoma City Oil and Gas Symposium Oklahoma City, Oklahoma USA | March 2023...
New data from remote sensing and drone-, plane- and satellite-based technologies indicates methane emissions and carbon intensity from oil and...
While renewable energy sources like sun, wind, and water will power the electric future, U.S. oil and gas production continues...
New funding incentivizes plugging low-producing wells to reduce methane emissions at the expense of production, but what if we could...
States around the country are continuing to make progress in their efforts to plug orphan oil and gas wells, with...
Gov. Newsom recently signed California AB 1167, a consequential bill that will require well owners to post indemnity bonds that...
Industry experts have released a report and online tool to help operators decide which methane emission detection tool is most...
In July 2023, DOI published Formula Phase I grant guidance, requiring detailed Work Plans with new mandatory components – methane...
Methane emissions data vary widely in spatial and temporal scale, making it challenging to detect and quantify leaks and identify...
Colorado State University (CSU) has conducted a study measuring methane emissions and evaluating the effectiveness of well plugging. The data...
PADEP and CNX Resources are embarking on an unprecedented collaboration to monitor requirements on air and water quality, increase data...
Many operators of marginal and extremely marginal wells will find it financially difficult if not impossible to comply with complex...
At the COP28 climate meeting in Dubai, ADNOC CEO Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber will propose a coalition of national oil companies...
New EU legislation for imported LNG will push suppliers to pursue rapid methane reductions as a competitive necessity, with American...
States continue to make great progress in plugging abandoned and orphan wells thanks to additional federal funds....
During the COP28 climate talks in Dubai, oil and gas companies signed a new methane emissions agreement and the United...
As part of the MERP, the DOE and EPA are releasing $350M in grant funding to provide technical assistance to...
The oil and gas industry saw tremendous changes in 2023, with record production, decreased emissions, along with the announcement of...
Marginal wells comprise ~75% of active wells in the U.S. despite accounting for just ~6% of production and will be...
Texas spends ~$20 million plugging 1,000 – 1,400 orphaned wells annually and received federal funding of $25 million in 2022 which it used to plug 730 wells....
DPAS was used to eliminate annular pressure on the 16” x 20 (155 psi) and 20” x 30” (150 psi)...
First carbon credits issued for plugging orphan oil and gas wells create new potential sources of funding for slashing methane...
The future is here: Satellites can now provide high-level methane emissions monitoring and measurement. Multiple private and national networks are...
Newly announced funding opportunity aims at helping smaller oil and gas operators detect, char-acterize, and mitigate methane leaks....
Choosing when and how to plug wells is both art and science, but recent advances in well integrity diagnostics and...
The EPA final rule for methane emissions and regulations was released March 8th, triggering lawsuits from Texas along with a...
The Bureau of Land Management has issued a new rule intended to cut natural gas waste and provide royalty revenue...
The government and climate groups are pleased with timelines, lack of exemptions, and facility netting calculations, but on the flipside...
While a slew of innovative new technologies continues to raise the bar for measuring methane, the intermittent nature of fugitive...
New rules released by the DOI for offshore decommissioning, leasing/bonding on public lands, and emissions on public lands mark another...
A new paper by USGS scientists identifies geological sources and wellbore conditions associated with methane emissions from orphaned and abandoned...
Pennsylvania is offering a registered apprenticeship program to provide “earn while you learn” training opportunities in well plugging operations....
DOE to fund real-time, continuous methane emissions detection network to enable rapid response and mitigation....
Additional rounds of federal funding are boosting efforts by states to find, plug, and remediate orphan wells....
Alberta recently returned more than $137M of an original $1B in funding to plug orphan and inactive oil and gas...
In TX, produced water disposal has long been a costly byproduct of production, but as concerns grow over continued injection...
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Federal funding has enabled states to invest in both identifying and decommissioning orphan wells but striking a balance between “Finding”...
States keep plugging orphan wells at an accelerated pace, but emerging factors and new funding could influence efforts....
EPA rules addressing oil and gas industry emissions survive legal challenges for now....
US Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency to provide $850 million for projects addressing oil and gas industry methane emissions....
A Deep Penetrating Annular Surface (DPAS™) BioSqueeze® was used to eliminate annular gas leaking from a plugged orphan well in...
A new methane emissions rule in Colorado sets limits based on oil and gas production and puts producers in charge...
A new report from the EPA shows methane emissions from natural gas extraction nationwide decreased 37% while production increased 40% (2015 to 2022)....
BioSqueeze Inc. was contracted to restore mechanical integrity on a Marcellus Shale well undergoing post frac drillout to bring the...
BioSqueeze Inc. was contracted by an operator in the Utica Shale of Ohio to remediate sustained casing pressure in two...
California has passed a new bill further increasing requirements to plug idle oil and gas wells....
Expanded efforts to monitor oil and gas production sheds light on actual emissions intensity....
With the pause on exports lifted and new regulations set to go into effect mandating low emissions LNG in Europe...
The DOE announced a preliminary NOI to support R&D of technologies that effectively characterize and remediate undocumented orphan wells....
Following notable progress plugging orphan wells in 2023, states around the country are off to a strong start in 2024....
As more carbon sequestration projects are approved concerns about potential leakage from improperly abandoned wells have mounted....
The gains in orphan well plugging from the past few years may be slowing down due to new grant funding...
Colorado has imposed planning and financial assurance requirements for oil and gas producers intended to address marginal wells and prevent...