RNG Seen As Low Carbon Intense Route to Decarbonization

Dominion Energy is among many companies that have made RNG part of their net-zero emissions strategy as the world races to slow global warming while meeting energy needs.

Carrots and Sticks: IRA Poised to be Boon or Bane to Energy Industry

Experts at Hart Energy’s Carbon & ESG Strategies Conference detailed the huge significance of the IRA’s tax policy that create something of a new market for selling tax credits.

Exxon, Chevron Shareholders Shoot Down ESG Proposals

Investors voted overwhelmingly against resolutions put forward by climate and ESG activists during the Exxon and Chevron annual stockholder meetings this week.

Report Links Permian Takeaway Constraints to Higher Flaring

Construction of Permian Basin takeaway infrastructure is unlikely to keep up with production, East Daley and Validere say, which will lead to flaring issues.

Williams Joins UN OGMP 2.0 Methane Performance Initiative

Williams became one of the nearly 100 companies to join the Oil and Gas Methane Partnership 2.0.

Diamondback’s Kaes Van’t Hof on Energy Politics and ESG Valuation

Diamondback President Kaes Van’t Hof discusses the White House’s mixed message on oil production, methane regulation and how investors are more effective at pushing for ESG improvements than regulation.

Tallgrass, Green Plains, Osaka Gas USA Partner in Synthetic Methane Project

The companies' project will study the production of synthetic methane from low-carbon hydrogen and biogenic CO2 captured from ethanol biorefineries.

Coterra Energy to Pay $16.3 Million for Pennsylvania Water Contamination Plea

The Pennsylvania attorney general charged Coterra Energy in 2020 after a grand jury investigation showed that drilling unconventional gas wells by the company had been responsible for methane pollution in the local water supply.

US Seeks to Limit Flaring, Methane Leaks from Public Lands Drilling

The proposal would place monthly limits on flaring and require oil and gas companies to undertake methane leak detection programs on federal land.

US, EU Plan New Pledge Targeting Oil, Gas Methane Emissions: Document

The "Global Methane Pledge," proposed by the U.S. and EU last year, has been signed by 119 countries thus far and would cut methane emissions 30% by 2030.