Occidental CEO Sees Bipartisan DAC Support as Projects Advance

Occidental Petroleum CEO Vicki Hollub said the next president will be positive for the U.S. energy industry, especially direct air capture.

California Resources’ Carbon TerraVault Sees CCS Momentum

California Resources expects to receive a Class VI permit from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in December, the company’s CEO says.

Trial and Error: CCS Tries Out Multiple Approaches to Get Ball Rolling

Is carbon capture and sequestration about to turn the corner? Some obstacles may stand in the way.

WoodMac: $3.5 Trillion Needed Annually to Hit Net Zero Targets

Higher demand for oil, gas and coal will delay peak emissions past 2030 and push the world beyond Wood Mackenzie’s base transition case and closer to a 3 C pathway, the consultancy said in a new report.

South Dakota High Court Rejects Eminent Domain Power for CCUS Pipeline

The South Dakota Supreme Court justices have placed yet another roadblock in the way of Summit Carbon Solutions’ highly contested carbon capture pipeline project.

LongPath Technologies Secures DOE Loan to Expand Emissions Monitoring Network

LongPath aims to construct and install more than 1,000 remote monitoring towers across oil and gas basins including the Permian, Denver-Julesburg and Anadarko.

SAF Company Universal Fuel Technologies Raises $3MM

The funding will go toward advancing Unifuel’s Flexiforming technology and to help establish lab space in Texas for SAF sample production, the company says.

Amazon, Dominion Energy Form Small Modular Reactor Pact

Dominion Energy and Amazon’s agreement to advance nuclear development was one of several moves made by Big Tech lately to advance lower carbon energy technologies.

New EPA Regulations Could Hinder Gas Plant Construction

The rules are designed to accelerate the retirement of coal plants, but they raise costs for new natural gas facilities.

DNV: Emissions Fall, Solar Soars, Oil Demand Shrinks 35% by 2050

The Norwegian risk manager spotlights the good and not so good in its latest global energy transition outlook, including predictions that half of all vehicles sold worldwide by 2031 will be electric.