The first, from the Allegheny Front, explores how lessons learned in trying to cut pollution
from natural gas facilities in Houston can be applied in Pennsylvania's fracking zone.
One option alluded to earlier in these pages could be citizen patrols to check for methane leaks
from natural gas facilities: drilling operations, compressing stations or pipelines.
Not exact matches
Back when Uncle Sam thought it would have to import increasing volumes of
natural gas from abroad (which was only a few years ago), it built a number of LNG import terminals on the Gulf Coast, including the Freeport
facility and the only other one with the same export permit, the Cheniere Energy's Sabine Pass Liquefaction project in Louisiana.
Houston - based Enterprise Products Partners announced two pipeline expansions Thursday that will transport
natural gas liquids
from Colorado to a storage
facility in Texas.
The BC Liberals are under investigation by Elections BC and the RCMP after The Globe and Mail revealed the party is accepting illegal donations
from lobbyists, specifically highlighting donations by Byng Giraud and Marian Ngo
from Woodfibre LNG, which proposes to construct and operate a liquefied
natural gas (LNG) export
facility on the old Woodfibre Pulp and Paper Mill site near Squamish, British Columbia.
You can also find two additional forms on the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE): UK
Natural Gas Contracts and Title Transfer
Facility (TTF) Futures, which come
from the Netherlands.
With the State's moratorium on (fracked shale)
natural gas production, the only way we can receive
natural gas is
from the Constitution Pipeline and local distribution
from the Leatherstocking Company... It is also important to note that a state agency, Empire State Development, has provided a $ 750,000 grant... to assist in degrading the costs of bringing the Leatherstocking
gas line to our new
facility.
Representing a smattering of different environmental advocacy groups
from around the state, about 250 protesters held signs calling on officials and lawmakers to prohibit any more
natural gas pipelines being built in New York, to stop the construction of a proposed liquid
natural gas storage
facility next to Seneca Lake, and to shift the state's energy production to greener fuel sources....
The plan includes wind farms offshore
from Long Island instead of the proposed liquified
natural gas export
facility.
The owners of the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant are planning to close the
facility in January 2017 because competition
from natural gas has driven down profits.
The county made reductions by boosting the use of
natural gas vehicles, installing LED lighting around county
facilities, but mostly by purchasing more electricity
from cleaner sources.
A researcher is about to test a technology that he says could be a breakthrough for curbing greenhouse
gas emissions
from coal plants,
natural gas generators and other industrial
facilities.
«Overall conversion rates
from the [
natural]
gas to fuel - grade liquids is as high as 46 percent in optimal, real - world conditions,» Rolfe says — as good or better than established
facilities employing Fischer - Tropsch, such as Johannesburg - based Sasol, Ltd.'s plants in South Africa.
UC Davis scientist and pilot Stephen Conley flies over Aliso Canyon in January 2016 measuring methane emissions
from the
natural gas storage
facility near Porter Ranch in Southern California.
The most recent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates for greenhouse
gas emissions
from the oil and
natural gas sector, released last week, show that as the number of such
facilities have increased in the U.S. between 2011 and 2014, total greenhouse
gas emissions
from oil and
gas operations have risen by about 6.2 percent.
A clean, renewable alternative to fossil - fuel based
natural gas, Bullfrog's green
natural gas is produced in Canada
from biogas
facilities that have met strict environmental criteria as defined by ICF International.
The Transco Compressor Station 62
facility is located between Gibson and Houma, LA near Bayou Black, where it receives unprocessed
natural gas via pipelines
from offshore producers in the Gulf of Mexico.
MLPs, often spin - offs
from energy companies, operate large parts of the nation's energy infrastructure, such as oil pipelines,
natural gas processing
facilities and storage depots.
With cap and trade and enough arm twisting, at todays ($ 4)
natural gas prices, some of that might be produced
from the available
natural gas facilities.
«The scientific talent leading these studies, the partnership with industry and access to their
facilities, and the diverse research methods used, gives us the confidence that when the project concludes in late 2014, we'll be able to greatly increase our understanding of the climate impacts of switching to
natural gas from other fossil fuels, through this unprecedented collective research effort,» said EDF Chief Scientist Steve Hamburg.
Thousands of small generators, including rooftop solar panels and
facilities that extract energy
from garbage or sewage, could feed into the system, replacing or complementing big coal, nuclear or
natural gas plants, they say.
I've done some writing in this arena, most notably in my coverage of opportunities to stanch vast leaks of
natural gas (most of which is methane, a potent greenhouse
gas)
from oil and
gas facilities around the world.
The coalition will also encourage the EPA to limit climate change - causing carbon emissions
from fossil fuel power plants under the Clean Power Plan, push for federal controls on methane emissions
from the oil and
natural gas industry, and work on controlling emissions
from large - scale industry
facilities, said the New York attorney general's office in a statement.
In California,
natural gas - fired capacity is often used to help offset lower levels of generation
from hydropower
facilities.
Natural gas leaks from drilling sites, processing plants, storage facilities, and pipelines that move natural gas from areas of supply to areas of
Natural gas leaks
from drilling sites, processing plants, storage
facilities, and pipelines that move
natural gas from areas of supply to areas of
natural gas from areas of supply to areas of demand.
Petroleum emissions have declined since the late 1990s largely because many
facilities transitioned to
natural gas; emissions
from coal combustion are nominal.
Together, the avoided manure emissions and biogas offset of
natural gas consumption reduces the carbon dioxide
from the Calgren
facility by over 15,000 metric tons per year, the same as removing about 3,100 cars
from the road.
The Pixley Biogas, LLC anaerobic digester
facility produces biomethane
from cow manure to replace the
natural gas used to heat Calgren Renewable Fuels» ethanol vehicle fuel.
Learn about the climate risks of
natural gas leaks
from drilling sites, processing plants, storage
facilities, and pipelines.
In addition to its carbon tax, which has been in place since 2008, in 2016, British Columbia put a limit and price on pollution
from industrial
facilities (especially targeting coal - fired power plants and liquefied
natural gas facilities).
The proposed
facilities would source the required energy and heat
from natural gas generators, but capture CO2 emissions
from combusting the fossil fuel.
Our costs have fallen 58 per cent in the last five years, and we know projects that tap into Alberta's high - quality wind resources can produce electricity more affordably today than any other generating technology aside
from combined - cycle
natural gas plants and
gas co-generation
facilities.
Policymakers worried the country was facing a
natural gas supply crunch and encouraged the construction of
facilities to import liquefied
natural gas from abroad.
SCE obtains most of its
natural gas supplies from Southern California Gas Company, which owns the underground Aliso Canyon facility that leaked more than 97,000 metric tons of methane from late October 2015 through mid-February this ye
gas supplies
from Southern California
Gas Company, which owns the underground Aliso Canyon facility that leaked more than 97,000 metric tons of methane from late October 2015 through mid-February this ye
Gas Company, which owns the underground Aliso Canyon
facility that leaked more than 97,000 metric tons of methane
from late October 2015 through mid-February this year.
The reliability of supply provided by our nation's network of storage and distribution
facilities has contributed to the increased use of
natural gas in many sectors of the U.S. economy, which has led to reductions in air emissions — ranging
from criteria pollutants, such as sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides, to greenhouse
gases.
They found a trend of measurement errors
from the Bacharach Hi - Flow Sampler (BHFS), an equipment extensively utilized in
natural gas facilities.
This report found that direct measurements of methane emissions
from 190 onshore
natural gas sites in the United States indicate that methane emissions
from completed wells are are lower than commonly thought although the report also acknowledged that emissions
from pneumatic controllers and other equipment associated with
natural gas production
facilities were higher than previously estimated.
51 Fig. 20 - 14, p. 481 Cut fossil fuel use (especially coal) Shift
from coal to
natural gas Improve energy efficiency Shift to renewable energy resources Transfer energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies to developing countries Reduce deforestation Use more sustainable agriculture and forestry Limit urban sprawl Reduce poverty Slow population growth Remove CO 2
from smoke stack and vehicle emissions Store (sequester) CO2 by planting trees Sequester CO 2 deep underground Sequester CO 2 in soil by using no - till cultivation and taking cropland out of production Sequester CO 2 in the deep ocean Repair leaky
natural gas pipelines and
facilities Use animal feeds that reduce CH 4 emissions by belching cows Solutions Global Warming PreventionCleanup
The construction of such farm and ranch improvements within the Wind Flow Zone and the construction of improvements outside the Wind Flow Zone shall be deemed not to interfere with the free and unobstructed
natural wind flow over the Premises to the WTG; provided however, Grantee shall not construct any WTG within one thousand four hundred (1,400) feet of the main residence on the Premises or one thousand (1,000) feet of any other existing, permanent residence or barn, either of which is located immediately adjacent to the main residence, or within one hundred fifty (150) feet
from any other existing structures, pump jacks, tank batteries, or other above ground oil and
gas facilities located on the Premises as of the Effective Date, without Owner's prior written consent.
Of the non-CO2
gases that contribute to energy - related greenhouse
gas emissions, methane contributes the most (6 %)-- mainly
from emissions that leak out of
natural gas systems, coal mines, and petroleum exploration and production
facilities.
This is a processing
facility that strips carbon dioxide
from natural gas.
Whereas previous greenhouse
gas regulations have focused upon reductions for particular
facilities, the CPP essentially forces shifts
from EPA - disfavored
facilities (coal - fired plants) to expansion of those EPA prefers (
natural gas / renewables).
Capture is
from a
natural gas processing
facility.
«Using the model optimization technique presented in this study, we find a weighted mean
natural gas emission rate
from unconventional production and gathering
facilities of 0.36 % of production with a 2σ confidence interval
from 0.27 to 0.45 % of production.
(Sec. 388) Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant, on either a competitive or noncompetitive basis, a lease, easement, or right - of - way on the outer Continental Shelf for activities not otherwise authorized under specified laws, if those activities: (1) support exploration, development, production, transportation, or storage of oil,
natural gas; (2) produce or support production, transportation, or transmission of energy
from sources other than oil and
gas; or (3) use, for energy - related or marine - related purposes,
facilities currently or previously used for activities authorized under this Act, unless prohibited by moratorium.
For example, could a permitting agency decide that an electric generating unit is not BACT - compliant unless the
facility switches fuels
from coal to
natural gas, or
from natural gas to a mixture of
gas and wind?
It could mean new efficiency standards for power plants, or requirements that
facilities consider switching
from coal to
natural gas.
Plentiful and affordable supplies of
natural gas and NGLs are enabling companies
from around the world to build new U.S.
facilities or expand production capacity.
NERC warns that «Minimal dual - fuel capable units and immediate resource constraints
from the outage at the Aliso Canyon underground
natural gas storage
facility increase the risks associated with single - fuel dependency.»
Exports of liquefied
natural gas (LNG)
from the Sabine Pass
facility set a monthly record in January, with additional U.S. exporting
facilities coming online.