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Colorado oil and gas companies offer $459 million to guarantee their wells are plugged eventually

Date: 03/08/2023

Source: The Colorado Sun

The plans seek to meet new state financial requirements, but some smaller operators are hoping to put up only a...

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Biden admin works on 'green' natural gas as U.S. vies for top LNG spot

Date: 03/03/2023

Source: Reuters

The Biden administration is holding talks with global energy companies and foreign officials in an effort to set standards for...

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Engineers and Execs Agree—Shale Science Projects Are Worth It

Date: 03/01/2023

Source: Journal of Petroleum Technology

From refracturing old wells to ones that don’t have to be fractured at all, notable producers argue that experiments are...

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U.S. Nat Gas Carries Top Env. Score, New EPA Data Confirms

Date: 02/28/2023

Source: Marcellus Shale Coalition

The U.S. natural gas industry continues to drive emission reductions across operations, with new data from the EPA’s draft Greenhouse...

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New Mexico plans to plug abandoned oil and gas wells

Date: 02/23/2023

Source: KRQE News

EMNRD’s Oil Conservation Division has reportedly prevented over 46,000 kilograms per year of methane from polluting the atmosphere through its...

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Range Resources touts monitoring of air quality near Cecil well site

Date: 02/13/2023

Source: Pittsburgh Business Times

Range Resources Corp. touted a long-term monitoring of air around a Cecil Township well pad that it said showed no...

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Orphan Well Cleanup in Pennsylvania Underscores Enormity of Task

Date: 02/09/2023

Source: Bloomberg

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland visited the Pittsburgh area Thursday to announce the plugging of the first 10 abandoned oil and...

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US Sets Up Office To Oversee Abandoned Oil Well Cleanup

Date: 01/10/2023

Source: Department of Interior

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today issued a Secretary’s Order to establish an Orphaned Wells Program Office to ensure...

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Hundreds of deserted oil and gas wells in Southern California could soon get plugged

Date: 01/08/2023

Source: Daily Bulletin

Unprecedented funding will help reduce hazards from orphaned wells. But regulators are grappling with which ones to tackle first....

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EOG Joins OGMP 2.0 For Improved Methane Emissions Reporting

Date: 01/05/2023

Source: Hart Energy

EOG Resources Inc. joined the Oil and Gas Methane Partnership 2.0 (OGMP 2.0), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and...

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EQT Corporation Reduces its Methane Emissions by 70%

Date: 01/04/2023

Source: PR Newswire

QT has reduced its methane emissions by 70% and reduced its annual carbon footprint by 305,614 metric tons of CO...

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Exxon, Chevron Focus on Oil Projects in the Americas

Date: 01/03/2023

Source: The Wall Street Journal

Largest U.S. oil companies retreat from big international projects and plan to spend most of their budgets this year in...

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As California pursues aggressive climate goals, what happens to its oil and gas workers?

Date: 01/03/2023

Source: The Sacramento Bee

As California transitions away from fossil fuels in the years ahead to pursue aggressive climate goals, an increasing number of...

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Satellite Imaging of Methane Super-Emitters To Provide Data To Clean Up Supply Chains

Date: 01/01/2023

Source: Journal of Petroleum Technology

Satellite imaging of methane emissions offers the fossil fuel industry the empirical data it needs to fix problems that companies...

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Europe Goes on Blackout Watch as Winter Descends

Date: 12/31/2022

Source: The Wall Street Journal

Europe’s energy-squeezed winter has sent power operators and businesses into high alert for blackout risks, heightened by Russia’s war in...

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U.S. Natural Gas Production Plunges As Winter Storm Wreaks Havoc

Date: 12/28/2022

Source: Oil Price

Natural gas output in the Appalachia region, the top gas-producing basin in the U.S., dropped by a record amount as...

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ISO New England Pumps Up The Fuel Oil Again During Winter Storm

Date: 12/26/2022

Source: Forbes

New England seems unable to reduce its reliance on fuel oil to generate electricity during times of peak usage. This...

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Here’s Why 32,000+ Abandoned & Orphaned Offshore Wells Litter the Outer Continental Shelf

Date: 12/19/2022

Source: gCaptain

Sitting about 12 miles off the Louisiana coast near the mouth of the Mississippi River, an abandoned well has been...

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Carbon credits for oil companies?

Date: 12/13/2022

Source: Greenbiz

Carbon Path and ZeroSix are two companies creating a carbon credit to incentivize companies to plug old oil wells....

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Europe Strikes Deal to Tax Imports Based on Greenhouse-Gas Emissions

Date: 12/13/2022

Source: The Wall Street Journal

The European Union reached an agreement to impose a tax on imports based on the greenhouse gases emitted to make...

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Keep off the AER infraction list: fugitive emissions inspections and reporting

Date: 12/06/2022

Source: BOE Report

With the oil and gas industry accounting for almost 70% of methane emissions in Alberta, the AER is focused on...

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Abandonment issues- regulatory changes and cost impacts

Date: 12/02/2022

Source: BOE Report

In the province of Alberta alone, approximately 258,000 wells are designated to be abandoned in the next ten years. This...

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With money on the table, states identify 120,000 leak-prone oil wells

Date: 12/02/2022

Source: The Washington Post

Across the country, fossil fuel companies have walked away from thousands of oil and gas wells, leaving them unplugged and...

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Interior Department Takes Action to Reduce Methane Releases on Public and Tribal Lands

Date: 11/28/2022

Source: Interior Department

he Department of the Interior today announced a proposed rule from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to address the...

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Equitrans Stops Natgas Leak at Pennsylvania Storage Facility

Date: 11/18/2022

Source: Hart Energy

U.S. energy company Equitrans Midstream Corp. said it stopped a natural gas leak at its Rager Mountain storage facility in...

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Heating New England’s Homes Will Be Expensive This Winter

Date: 11/15/2022

Source: The Wall Street Journal

An average household that burns heating oil could spend 45% more for it this winter, according to a base-case forecast...

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Biden Announces Restrictions on Methane Emissions at COP27

Date: 11/11/2022

Source: The Wall Street Journal

President Biden touted U.S. plans to cut methane emissions and boost climate funding to developing countries in an address that...

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Methane Clouds Spotted in China by High-Resolution Satellite

Date: 11/05/2022

Source: Bloomberg

On Friday a satellite identified six methane releases in northeast China near the Daqing oilfield, according to GHGSat. If the...

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Coal Was Meant to Be History. Instead, Its Use Is Soaring

Date: 11/03/2022

Source: Bloomberg

The demise of the dirtiest fossil fuel has been delayed as power shortages and the war in Ukraine drive consumption...

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2-Minute Showers and a Flotilla of Gas Shipments: Europe Braces for Winter

Date: 11/01/2022

Source: NY Times

A flotilla of tankers carrying liquefied natural gas have been parked in a maritime traffic jam off the coast of...

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A Methane Cloud Highlights Cracks in Canada’s Climate Ambitions

Date: 10/31/2022

Source: Bloomberg

National and local regulators say they weren’t aware of a plume of the potent greenhouse gas spotted near the Saskatchewan-Alberta...

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Tougher Rules on Methane Leaks Coming, but Low-Output Wells Might Catch a Break

Date: 10/28/2022

Source: The Wall Street Journal

The Biden administration is nearing completion of its long-awaited proposal to curb methane gas emissions, setting the stage for a...

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Why Natural Gas Prices in Europe Are Suddenly Plunging

Date: 10/25/2022

Source: New York Times

The war in Ukraine is raging, Russian natural gas exports to Europe are dwindling and the winter heating season is...

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Texas becomes first state to plug wells with federal grants

Date: 10/21/2022

Source: Midland Texas Reporter

Texas has become the first state in the nation to begin plugging abandoned oil and gas wells using federal grants...

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EPA Plan Raises Permit Requirements for ‘Fugitive’ Emissions

Date: 10/13/2022

Source: Bloomberg

The EPA is moving to include more industrial sources in requirements that govern major facility modifications, according to a proposed...

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Paris Cuts the Lights to Save Energy. Will It Help?

Date: 10/09/2022

Source: The Wall Street Journal

Luxury shops across the city are turning off their nighttime lights, plunging the Avenue de Montaigne and other areas renowned...

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Pa. needs to finish emissions regulations for oil and gas sites by December or face sanctions, EPA says

Date: 10/03/2022

Source: NPR

Pennsylvania is up against a clock to finish emissions regulations for oil and gas sites. At risk are hundreds of...

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Nationwide Work Starts to Plug Abandoned Gas and Oil Wells

Date: 10/03/2022

Source: The Wall Street Journal

EMSWORTH, Pa.—About 30 years ago, Ralph Molenda learned that he had an abandoned gas well leaking under his driveway. The...

Tags: Orphan Wells

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Methane Might Be a Bigger Climate Problem Than Thought, Study Finds

Date: 09/29/2022

Source: The New York Times

In a study of the three largest oil and gas basins in the United States, the researchers found that the...

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Seismologists suspect explosions damaged undersea pipelines that carry Russian gas

Date: 09/27/2022

Source: NPR

Two undersea leaks that began in the Russian-owned Nord Stream gas pipelines on Monday were likely caused by powerful underwater...

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Britain Lifts Ban on Fracking for Shale Gas

Date: 09/22/2022

Source: Hart Energy

Britain on Sept. 22 formally lifted a moratorium on fracking for shale gas that has been in place since 2019...

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Mexico's oil company acknowledges releasing methane plume

Date: 09/08/2022

Source: ABC

A report published in June by Spanish university researchers in the journal Environmental Science and Technology Letters estimated that the...

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California's grid leaning heavily on natural gas to survive energy crisis, despite green push

Date: 09/07/2022

Source: Fox Business

Natural gas-fired power plants are generating the bulk of California's electricity amid an ongoing energy crisis despite the state's aggressive...

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Elon Musk Says World Needs More Oil and Gas

Date: 08/29/2022

Source: Wall Street Journal

Elon Musk told European energy leaders that the world needs more oil and natural gas and should continue operating nuclear...

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Montana receiving $25M federal grant to plug orphaned oil, gas wells

Date: 08/26/2022

Source: KTVH

Montana is set to receive $25 million from the federal government, to help plug more than 200 orphaned oil and...

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New Mexico's oil counties lead nation in low-producing, high-polluting wells, report says

Date: 08/13/2022

Source: Current Argus

Two of New Mexico’s most productive oil and gas counties also contain its most low-producing or “marginal” wells while also...

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California not counting methane leaks from idle wells

Date: 08/02/2022

Source: AP News

California claims to know how much climate-warming gas is going into the air from within its borders. It’s the law...

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EPA Announces Flyovers in the Permian Basin in New Mexico and Texas

Date: 08/01/2022

Source: EPA

In an effort to monitor for methane emissions non-compliance, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be performing helicopter-based...

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One bill in a package to plug 200,000 orphan wells in the state has been signed into law

Date: 07/21/2022

Source: Black Hills Pioneer

One bill in a package has been signed into law aiming to increase the number of orphan wells being plugged...

Tags: Orphan Wells

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In ominous sign for global warming, feedback loop may be accelerating methane emissions

Date: 07/13/2022

Source: Science.org

Tropical wetlands, getting wetter with climate change, emerge as hot spots for heat-trapping gas...

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Methane emissions reach new highs despite pandemic—four times more sensitive to climate change than first thought

Date: 07/06/2022

Source: The Conversation

The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) showed that methane is responsible for around one-third of...

Tags: Gas Storage

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Satellites can now find the sources of methane leaks. The tech will reshape global climate accountability

Date: 07/03/2022

Source: Business Insider

The UN is aggregating methane emissions from satellites and other sources into a global database, starting with the energy industry...

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U.S. Supreme Court ruling limits EPA’s authority in regulating greenhouse gases

Date: 06/30/2022

Source: The Texas Tribune

The high court said a cap on power plants’ carbon dioxide emissions that forces a transition to other fuels may...

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Satellite spots world's 'largest' methane leak in a Russian coal mine

Date: 06/15/2022

Source: CNN

A coal mine in a remote part of Russia is spewing out huge amounts of a very potent greenhouse gas...

Tags: Gas Storage

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Gas wells leak explosive levels of methane in Bakersfield

Date: 05/24/2022

Source: Associated Press

Some Bakersfield residents are concerned about potential explosions after a state agency found that six idle oil wells near homes...

Tags: California | Gas Storage

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Sharp cut in methane now could help avoid worst of climate crisis

Date: 05/23/2022

Source: The Guardian

Focusing on carbon dioxide alone will not keep world within 1.5C limit of global heating, warn scientists...

Tags: Colorado | Gas Storage

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Louisiana enacts new orphan oil well law to fetch $200 million in federal money

Date: 05/18/2022

Source: Louisiana Illuminator

Legislation that positions Louisiana to receive an estimated $200 million in federal grants to fix orphan oil wells became law...

Tags: Orphan Wells

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Colorado oil and gas companies offer $459 million to guarantee their wells are plugged eventually

Biden admin works on 'green' natural gas as U.S. vies for top LNG spot

Engineers and Execs Agree—Shale Science Projects Are Worth It

U.S. Nat Gas Carries Top Env. Score, New EPA Data Confirms

New Mexico plans to plug abandoned oil and gas wells

Range Resources touts monitoring of air quality near Cecil well site

Orphan Well Cleanup in Pennsylvania Underscores Enormity of Task

US Sets Up Office To Oversee Abandoned Oil Well Cleanup

Hundreds of deserted oil and gas wells in Southern California could soon get plugged

EOG Joins OGMP 2.0 For Improved Methane Emissions Reporting

EQT Corporation Reduces its Methane Emissions by 70%

Exxon, Chevron Focus on Oil Projects in the Americas

As California pursues aggressive climate goals, what happens to its oil and gas workers?

Satellite Imaging of Methane Super-Emitters To Provide Data To Clean Up Supply Chains

Europe Goes on Blackout Watch as Winter Descends

U.S. Natural Gas Production Plunges As Winter Storm Wreaks Havoc

ISO New England Pumps Up The Fuel Oil Again During Winter Storm

Here’s Why 32,000+ Abandoned & Orphaned Offshore Wells Litter the Outer Continental Shelf

Carbon credits for oil companies?

Europe Strikes Deal to Tax Imports Based on Greenhouse-Gas Emissions

Keep off the AER infraction list: fugitive emissions inspections and reporting

Abandonment issues- regulatory changes and cost impacts

With money on the table, states identify 120,000 leak-prone oil wells

Interior Department Takes Action to Reduce Methane Releases on Public and Tribal Lands

Equitrans Stops Natgas Leak at Pennsylvania Storage Facility

Heating New England’s Homes Will Be Expensive This Winter

Biden Announces Restrictions on Methane Emissions at COP27

Methane Clouds Spotted in China by High-Resolution Satellite

Coal Was Meant to Be History. Instead, Its Use Is Soaring

2-Minute Showers and a Flotilla of Gas Shipments: Europe Braces for Winter

A Methane Cloud Highlights Cracks in Canada’s Climate Ambitions

Tougher Rules on Methane Leaks Coming, but Low-Output Wells Might Catch a Break

Why Natural Gas Prices in Europe Are Suddenly Plunging

Texas becomes first state to plug wells with federal grants

EPA Plan Raises Permit Requirements for ‘Fugitive’ Emissions

Paris Cuts the Lights to Save Energy. Will It Help?

Pa. needs to finish emissions regulations for oil and gas sites by December or face sanctions, EPA says

Nationwide Work Starts to Plug Abandoned Gas and Oil Wells

Methane Might Be a Bigger Climate Problem Than Thought, Study Finds

Seismologists suspect explosions damaged undersea pipelines that carry Russian gas

Britain Lifts Ban on Fracking for Shale Gas

Mexico's oil company acknowledges releasing methane plume

California's grid leaning heavily on natural gas to survive energy crisis, despite green push

Elon Musk Says World Needs More Oil and Gas

Montana receiving $25M federal grant to plug orphaned oil, gas wells

New Mexico's oil counties lead nation in low-producing, high-polluting wells, report says

California not counting methane leaks from idle wells

EPA Announces Flyovers in the Permian Basin in New Mexico and Texas

One bill in a package to plug 200,000 orphan wells in the state has been signed into law

In ominous sign for global warming, feedback loop may be accelerating methane emissions

Methane emissions reach new highs despite pandemic—four times more sensitive to climate change than first thought

Satellites can now find the sources of methane leaks. The tech will reshape global climate accountability

U.S. Supreme Court ruling limits EPA’s authority in regulating greenhouse gases

Satellite spots world's 'largest' methane leak in a Russian coal mine

Gas wells leak explosive levels of methane in Bakersfield

Sharp cut in methane now could help avoid worst of climate crisis

Louisiana enacts new orphan oil well law to fetch $200 million in federal money