Amanda Drane
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LyondellBasell wants to turn its Houston refinery into a hydrogen facility
LyondellBasell said Tuesday that the Houston refinery it plans to close this year could make way for a hydrogen facility. → Read More
CERAWeek opens with John Kerry issuing call to fight climate change
CERAWeek continues in Houston this week with Big Oil majors and attendees from 90 nations around the world. → Read More
Chevron takes over East Texas carbon capture project as it triples in size
Bayou Bend joins efforts undertaken by big oil companies such as Exxon and Oxy, which plan carbon capture hubs in East Texas. → Read More
Climate Czar Kerry urges mobilization at CERAWeek.
At CERAWeek, Climate Czar Kerry calls Inflation Reduction Act a "game changer" n battle against climate change. → Read More
Oxy CEO, at CERAWeek, says oil giant is open to expanding into nuclear: 'I'd love to'
Occidental Petroleum CEO Vicki Hollub says at CERAWeek that nuclear power and lithium extraction could be in the company's future.. → Read More
Houston hydrogen hub projects advance in race for $7B in DOE funds
The funds would boost a region already poised to lead in hydrogen, a cleaner-burning gas that many of Houston's energy companies see as key to their futures. → Read More
CERAWeek: Energy transition, security and the rise of hydrogen
CERAWeek will offer something energy insiders, policymakers and observers desperately need: "a window into the future," said co-founder Daniel Yergin. → Read More
Houston battery recycling startup ACE partners with China's GGE
Houston, which has a lot of cars, yields a lot of used batteries, flow through Port Houston for for recycling in Asia and Africa. → Read More
CERAWeek is growing as Houston’s energy industry broadens its focus
CERAWeek has given hydrogen a thread this year, a program will feature 35 sessions and more than 100 speakers on the element alone. → Read More
Oxy’s carbon capture hub could store 1.2B metric tons in East Texas
Oxy is planning five hubs in industrial areas of Texas and Louisiana, where it aims to provide a solution to the problem of climate-warming pollution. → Read More
What to know about the chemical roiling East Palestine and its presence in Houston
For observers of Houston's chemicals industry, it's not surprising that chemical waste from the East Palestine derailment would come here. → Read More
Hazardous waste from East Palestine train derailment to resume shipments to Ohio, not Houston
The EPA is ending its pause on the disposal of toxic waste from East Palestine, but now it is going to two sites in Ohio, not Deer Park. → Read More
Cheniere plans major expansion at Sabine Pass LNG facility
Houston-based Cheniere said Thursday that it had begun the permitting process for a significant expansion of its Sabine Pass liquefied natural gas facility. → Read More
Why a Houston company sees Oregon as its key in the race to replace fossil fuels
Renewable diesel is an alternative to fossil fuels that is chemically identical to petroleum-based diesel can be used in existing pipelines and engines. → Read More
Shell’s Vito platform begins producing oil in the Gulf of Mexico
The platform could stay in place for years, pulling up oil and gas through pipelines along the ocean floor and sending them ashore. → Read More
4 things to know as Freeport LNG resumes operations 8 months after blast
Freeport’s restart is a big deal for natural gas markets in Houston. → Read More
Ike Dike gates won't allow for large ships to use Houston Ship Channel, study says
The gates are part of a $34 billion effort to block storm surges from the Gulf of Mexico flowing up the Houston Ship Channel. → Read More
At NAPE conference in Houston, oil is still king
Small oil operators, landmen and geologists gathered in downtown Houston last week for the conference known as NAPE, the North American Prospect Expo. → Read More
Red state governors decry Biden energy strategy
The annual oil and gas conference known in the industry for facilitating dealmaking is... → Read More
FERC allows Freeport LNG to take first step to restart after June explosion
Freeport LNG can now begin the process of commissioning the facility for the first time since an explosion on June 8. → Read More