In the episode of This Week In Energy for April 13, 2024:
Lori Hinz, reporter for BEK News, gives an update from the research on her daily feature on Capturing America’s Heartland: CO2 Pipeline. Hinz was reporting on recent testimonials from North Dakota state officials and their testimony at the Legislative Council on Energy Development and Transmission Committee.
“It was a two and a half hour meeting of this Legislative Council on Energy Development and Transmission Committee,” Hinz said. “ND Governor Doug Burgum spoke, then Dave Glott from DEQ (Department of Environmental Quality), and then Lynn Helms also spoke on this one.”
Hinz continued reporting on events and testimonials given at the legislative council.
“They said that four EOR, enhanced oil recovery test projects, are going to be starting in May of this year, May of 2024, Hinz said. “Now, one of those is using slugs of wellhead gas with water, EER lead. One of them is using North Dakota source surfactants, And the other two will be using CO2 foam blend, which is not something that we've heard spoken about before.”
According to Hinz, the four companies involved in these test wells will be Hess Chevron, partnership with ExxonMobil, XTO, Continental Resources, and Liberty Energy.
Jared Walker joined The Crude Life to discuss carbon storage and management. Walker is the Director of Project Development for Carbonvert.
Walker has 20+ years of experience in CCUS as well as in the oilfield, including the Barrow Island project in Australia. The Gorgon Joint Venture was with Chevron Australia, ExxonMobil, Shell, Tokyo Gas, Osaka Gas and Chubu Electric.
Jared previously worked as director of carbon removal for Marquis Energy, as commercial project development manager at Battelle, and as project manager and service delivery manager with Schlumberger Carbon Services.
Walker has operations and business management experience in multiple industrial and research sectors related to CO2 and oil and gas. His background includes experience in the full lifecycle of CCUS projects, from initial study to close out, and experience in international exploration, geosciences, well design, drilling, monitoring, permitting, outreach, capture, and transport.
Walker earned his degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Utah State University.
Terry Etam, author of The End of the Fossil Fuel Insanity: Clearing the Air Before Cleaning the Air'; columnist for the BOE Report and blogger for Public Energy Number One; gives an update from Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Etam talks about how natural gas continues to be a wild card, yet foundational energy source for Canada. He explains how politics and policies have creates issues for almost all energies north of the border.
The author also discusses the emerging carbon management industry in Canada. Companies are vying for tax subsidies and carbon credits in order to create new revenues for their respective shareholders.
The discussion also veers into similarities and differences between doing business in the United States and Canada when it comes to energy services.
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Barry Smitherman is the Chairman, President, and co-founder of the Texas Geothermal Energy Alliance (TxGEA), an organization dedicated to education, public awareness, and advocacy on behalf of the Texas geothermal industry. He joined The Crude Life to share how the oil and gas industry is working with geothermal energy.
The Texas Geothermal Energy Alliance (TXGEA) is a Texas-based, Texas-led advocacy organization created for the purpose of advancing geothermal energy in Texas.
“The Texas Geothermal Energy Alliance is comprised of a broad and interdisciplinary group of entities engaged in geothermal resource exploration, well drilling, plant construction, resource production and markets,” Smitherman said. “These supporters include representatives from the oilfield service sector, oil & gas operators, utilities, start-up companies working to advance geothermal relevant technologies, and leading scientists and engineers from a number of academic institutions across Texas.”
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Warren Martin, executive director, Kansas Strong, joins The Crude Life with an update on the Jayhawk State.
Martin has been very active educating and promoting the benefits of oil and gas, including tax revenues, community development projects and everyday uses for petroleum products.
Martin provides periodic messages dedicated to topics related to the oil & natural gas industry and how they impact our lives. He has appeared at over 200 events in the past year.
"So Kansas is a unique oil and gas producing state. We're 11th leading producing state in the nation. Yet we do not have big oil here in Kansas. We don't we do not have any of the major oil companies here. Only one that it could even slightly be considered a major oil producing company that actually does production here in the state," Martin said. "We have a lot of pipeline companies. We have a lot of refining companies. But oil and gas production is predominantly done by local, independent oil and gas producers across the state. We are almost exclusively a marginal well state."
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On April 4, residents in and around Sulphur, Louisiana, were asked to shelter in place after the Denbury carbon pipeline leaked nearby.
According to the release, there was a leak in a high-pressure carbon dioxide (CO2) pipeline owned by Denbury Inc. and ExxonMobil, in Sulphur, Louisiana. Pipeline operator representatives arrived at the scene almost two hours after Calcasieu Parish’s Ward 6 Fire Department.
This pipeline is just one of a multitude of proposed CO2 pipelines that are encroaching Louisiana communities as part of a rapid build-out of the carbon capture and storage (CCS) industry.
Carbon dioxide displaces oxygen and can cause asphyxiation in high concentrations, yet sufficient safety and emergency preparedness plans are not in place in communities that are located near dangerous pipelines. CO2 is odorless and colorless, it is heavier than air and displaces oxygen.
Matt Rota, Healthy Gulf, discusses the leak and how their organization is involved.
“A healthy Gulf of Mexico returned to its former splendor that supports a thriving ecosystem that includes the Gulf’s natural resources and, just as importantly, the people, communities, and cultures that depend on those resources,” Rota said. “We believe in the importance of responding to urgent issues that arise often unexpectedly, that threaten our environment and communities. As a small, regional organization, we have the ability to act swiftly and decisively in handling an urgent issue.”
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Other highlighted energy interviews:
Clint Kling of Shepherd VR discusses on how Toyota and several police departments are integrating VR Training into their HR, safety and overall culture. Click here for interview.
Kunal Patel, Dallas Federal Reserve, joins The Crude Life to breakdown the recent Energy Survey. This quarter’s survey also includes for the first time a set of questions regarding price expectations for oil and natural gas over six-month, one-year, two-year and five-year horizons. Click here for interview.
Witting Partners CEO and The Energy Detox Podcast host Joe Sinnott explains why companies who are stagnant or in a time of pause due to market conditions or mergers can get ahead with proper coaching. Click here for interview.
Energy Expert Robert Bryce talks about Land Use Conflicts in Michigan. Specifically, Bryce recaps several of his conversations regarding the controversial use of wind and solar in the Wolverine State. Click here for Robert Bryce Substack page.
Carolina Ortega, vice president of sustainability, Milestone Environmental Services, talks about the integration of energy, environment and carbon. The conversation begins with separating Sustainability and ESG (Environmental Social Governance). Click here for entire interview.
Plus much much more on This Week In Energy.
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This Week In Energy for April 13, 2024