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CE) has received equity investment from two global energy companies: Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, LLC (OLCV), a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation; and Chevron Technology Ventures (CTV), the venture capital arm of Chevron Corporation. Canada-based Carbon Engineering Ltd. (CE) —Steve Oldham, CEO of CE.
a waste-to-fuels company, closed a $20-million strategic investment from Chevron USA, ITOCHU, Hyzon Motors and Ascent Hydrogen Fund. This permits the control of the rotary reformer when there is water content or chemical makeup variation in the feedstock, such as in MSW. Raven SR Inc., Earlier post.).
Mascoma Corporation has entered into a feedstock processing and lignin supply agreement with Chevron Technology Ventures (CTV), a division of Chevron USA, Inc. Chevron and lignin for fuels. The processes described in the patent applications significantly increase the energy content of the lignin and reduce the oxygen content.
Chevron announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Chevron Australia Pty Ltd. Chevron Australia) as operator and the Gorgon joint venture participants will proceed with the approximately $4-billion (AU$6 billion) Jansz-Io Compression (J-IC) project. —Nigel Hearne.
Chevron Corporation announced that it had conducted a successful production test on the St. Chevron’s Jack/St. Malo development is located approximately 280 miles (450 km) south of New Orleans, Louisiana, in 7,000 feet (2,134 m) of water. Chevron has a working interest of 51% in the St. Malo field. Other owners of the St.
Chevron’s focus on optimizing the thermal management of the Kern River field has resulted in a steady drop in the steam:oil ratio (barrels steam water per barrel oil), resulting in improved economics of the field even with slowly declining production. Source: Chevron. Here, Chevron has reduced its steam:oil ratio (i.e.,
Starfire Energy, a Colorado-based developer of modular chemical plants for the carbon-free production of ammonia and hydrogen, has closed a major funding round. Proceeds will be used to advance the development of commercial-scale applications to decarbonize ammonia production and unlock its potential as a zero-carbon energy carrier.
Chevron Corporation announced a new oil discovery at the Moccasin prospect in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico. The well is located approximately 216 miles (348 km) off the Louisiana coast in 6,759 feet (2,060 meters) of water and was drilled to a depth of 31,545 feet (9,615 meters). The Keathley Canyon Block 736 Well No.
The market for water treatment for hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) to produce previously inaccessible shale gas will grow nine-fold to $9 billion in 2020, according to a new report from Lux Research. —Brent Giles, Lux Research Analyst and lead author of “ Risk and Reward in the Frack Water Market ”.
Canada-based Aurora Hydrogen, a company developing emission-free hydrogen production technology, has raised $10 million in Series A funding led by Energy Innovation Capital. Participating investors include Williams, Shell Ventures, Chevron Technology Ventures and the George Kaiser Family Foundation.
Chevron Technology Ventures, a division of Chevron USA Inc. that identifies, evaluates and demonstrates emerging technologies, launched a demonstration project to test the viability of using solar energy to produce oil. The project uses more than 7,600 mirrors to focus the sun’s energy onto a solar boiler.
Raven SR, a renewable fuels company; Chevron New Energies, a division of Chevron USA; and Hyzon Motors are collaborating to commercialize operations of a green waste-to-hydrogen production facility in Richmond intended to supply hydrogen fuel to transportation markets in Northern California.
Source: Chevron. Chevron Australia Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation, will proceed with the development of the large Gorgon natural gas project offshore Western Australia. Chevron Chairman Dave O’Reilly. Source: Chevron. Chevron anticipates that project emissions will be reduced by approximately 40% (~3.7
The Pacific Santa Ana , a deepwater drillship built to Chevron’s specifications, has arrived in the Gulf of Mexico to work for Chevron under a five-year contract with a subsidiary of Pacific Drilling S.A. It does not matter if the water depth is 5,000 feet or 15,000 feet, should the riser become disconnected, the well will be dead.
City Council, board members of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Commission and long term colleagues from the climate justice action community to be part of a historic announcement. Playa Del Rey’s other big customer is Chevron.
Source: Chevron. John’s in 90 to 100 meters (295 to 328 feet) of water. Hebron co-venturers are Chevron Canada Limited (26.7%), Suncor Energy Inc. 22.7%), Statoil Canada (9.7%) and Nalcor Energy Oil and Gas (4.9%). The platform is being designed for daily production of 150,000 barrels of oil. Click to enlarge.
Chevron Corporation announced a significant oil discovery at the Anchor prospect in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico. Anchor is Chevron’s second discovery in the deepwater Gulf in less than a year. Chevron subsidiary Chevron USA is the operator, with a 55% working interest in the Anchor prospect.
GE Oil & Gas will supply three customized aeroderivative gas turbine-generator modules to provide reliable electric power for a new Chevron floating production unit that will produce oil and gas from the Jack and St. The LM2500+G4. Click to enlarge. The LM2500+G4 is rated at 36.3 MW power output.
Oil and gas services company Schlumberger defines artificial lift as any system that adds energy to the fluid column in a wellbore with the objective of initiating and improving production from the well. maglift de-waterers deeper mature wells, and supports retrofit installation through small diameter production tubing.
Aker Solutions has been awarded a major contract from Chevron Australia Pty Ltd to provide a subsea gas compression system for the Jansz-Io field, offshore Western Australia. The Jansz-Io field is a part of the Chevron-operated Gorgon project, one of the world’s largest natural gas developments. Earlier post.)
So the last thing we need is for the oil that currently sits safely untapped under local waters and under the town itself to be drilled into, sucked out, and trucked through the South Bay. E&B, along with their counterparts at Chevron, Exxon/Mobil, BP, Shell et al know internally exactly what The Math says.
Through COSIA, participating companies will capture, develop and share the most innovative approaches and best thinking to improve environmental performance in the oil sands, initially focusing on four Environmental Priority Areas (EPAs): tailings, water, land and greenhouse gases. The released water is recovered and recycled.
Current methods for hydrate mitigation are expensive and energy intensive, comprising chemical, thermal, or flow management techniques. — Methane hydrates can freeze upon contact with cold water in the deep ocean, are a chronic problem for deep-sea oil and gas wells. Resources. David Smith, Adam J. Meuler, Harrison L.
Operating in 4,500 feet of water about 190 miles south of New Orleans, Argos will support 250 permanent jobs. Argos has a waterflood injection capacity of more than 140,000 barrels of low-salinity water per day to help increase oil recovery from the Mad Dog field. bp is the operator with 60.5% working interest.
Chevron, GreenPex, Shell and NUNAOIL are awarded an exclusive licence to exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons in the Greenland Sea area, licence bloc 9 (“Umimmak”). And we believe that Arctic resources in the future will become important to meeting the world’s energy demand.
While most oil spills in US waters are small, spilled crude oil can still cause damage to sensitive areas such as beaches, mangroves and wetlands. Additionally, Chevron, a major oil and gas operator, will evaluate the technology’s future commercialization. When larger spills happen, pipelines are often the culprit.
Ceres recently released a new report concluding that coal-to-liquid (CTL) and oil shale technologies face significant environmental and financial obstacles—from water constraints, to technological uncertainties to regulatory and market risks—that pose substantial financial risks for investors involved in such projects.
The study, a unique partnership between the Environmental Defense Fund, participating companies, an independent Scientific Advisory Panel and the study team: Is based on measurements made directly at 190 production sites throughout the United States, with access provided by nine participating energy companies.
Statoil, together with its partners, Alba Resources Limited, (a wholly owned subsidiary of Cairn Energy PLC) and JX Nippon Exploration and Production (U.K.) Because of the low well flow rates and early water break-through there is a need for many wells and a process designed to handle large liquid rates and oil-water emulsions.
Growers have praised sorghum as an easy substitute for corn because it is easy to grow, uses less fertilizer and water and is tolerant to both heat and drought conditions. California-grown sorghum has proven to be cost competitive and energy efficient.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced the award of approximately $72 million in federal funding to support the development and advancement of carbon capture technologies under two funding opportunity announcements (FOAs). Many of these R&D efforts can be applied across both the energy and the industrial sectors. Chevron USA.
TORRANCE EXXON REFINERY RANKS #6 IN CALIFORNIA, EL SEGUNDO CHEVRON REFINERY IS #4. The Greenius says the children of the South Bay and all of California should hold this fluffer for Exxon personally responsible for the hell and high water that’s coming their way.
Meanwhile our long term drought, now its its third year with no end in sight, means less available water to fight the fires with. And this summer it also means we’re experiencing mandatory water rationing that restricts our landscape watering to two days a week and forces other cutbacks in water use across the board.
The BCS is well below hydrocarbon-bearing formations and potable water zones in the region. Quest draws on techniques used by the energy industry for decades and integrates the components of CCS for the large-scale capture, transport and storage of CO 2. It features multiple caprock and salt seal layers.
Tailings are a mixture of fine clay, sands, water and residual bitumen produced through extraction processes used with surface mining production (i.e., The fluid fine tailings concentrate to about 30% mass solids in two to three years but only very slowly thereafter, according to Alberta’s Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB).
working interest) and co-owners, BHP Billiton (23.9%) and Union Oil Company of California, an affiliate of Chevron USA Inc (15.6%), decided to re-evaluate the Mad Dog Phase 2 project after an initial design—pegged at some $20 billion—proved too complex and costly. Oil production is expected to begin in late 2021. Earlier post.).
These are “no-regret” technologies, as they represent actions that can be made today to make a significant impact on CO 2 , energy security and the optimization of local resources. This is coupled with the innovation seen in first-generation players to drive down costs, energy and water use, and GHG emissions. Revolutionary.
TruStar Energy, a Fortistar portfolio company and leading developer of natural gas fueling stations, will market and deliver the RNG fuel. Montrose Water and Sustainability Services, a division of Montrose Environmental Group, completed design and engineering for the project as well as equipment procurement.
The United States needs to fundamentally rethink its policy of promoting ethanol to diversify its energy sources and increase energy security, according to a new research paper and accompanying policy paper by Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. Lifting the $0.54 Fundamentals of a Sustainable US Biofuels Policy.
The new program will expand Stanford’s research on energy and the environment by focusing additional resources on the growing importance of natural gas. Natural gas must be developed with safeguards to reduce impacts on water, air quality, land, nearby communities and ecosystems. —Mark Zoback.
The Rice lab led by Alvarez, with the participation of researchers from Chevron, Shell and the University of Houston, programmed a three-dimensional vapor intrusion model to simulate the degradation, migration and intrusion pathways of methane and benzene under various site conditions. It’s a trade-off. —Pedro Alvarez.
The Gulf of Mexico is thus the first offshore area in the United States with enough information to identify gas hydrate energy resource targets with potential for gas production. Gas hydrates are a unique substance comprising natural gas (almost exclusively methane) in combination with water. Source: JIP. Click to enlarge.
The Exxon/Mobil refinery in Torrance and the Chevron refinery in El Segundo are both located in the South Bay and are each a big part of the carbon-based economy that causes the majority of climate change - although you’ll never get either of these corporations to admit this truth or take responsibility for it. Water and Sewer.
We've seen it all in the press: electric cars are more polluting , less safe, require too much water , will electrocute rescuers after a crash, will spontaneously explode , and will kill the blind. Department of Energy. We need a focused effort at transportation electrification to work in parallel with the move toward renewable energy.
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