natural gas
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A Tiny Alabama Company Owns More Gas Wells Than Exxon
A Birmingham-based oil and gas producer called Diversified Energy has built its business model on buying up old, low-producing gas wells which are spewing out methane, reporting from Bloomberg shows. The wells are largely not very productive — thousands of them were producing no usable gas at all at the time of purchase. But thanks…
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California’s Quest for Water Could Drive Up Carbon Emissions
As if the dire water situation in the West wasn’t bad enough, it could get even worse. California’s water use could actually drive up carbon emissions if water efficiency measures aren’t taken.
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Is Blue Hydrogen Really Better for the Environment than Natural Gas?
Blue hydrogen is often touted as a low-carbon fuel for generating electricity and storing energy, powering cars, trucks and trains and heating buildings. But according to a new report by Cornell and Stanford University researchers in the US, it may be no better for the climate – and potentially a fair bit worse – than…
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NASA Has Spotted Sneaky Methane Emissions From the Biggest Oilfield in America
There’s no such thing as easy climate fixes, but when it comes to methane emissions from oil and gas production, a couple of little patches could go a long way. A new study suggests that just 123 sites in the Permian Basin in Texas could be responsible for a huge chunk of the region’s accidental…