Hart Energy's Top Articles of the Week – Aug. 29 - Sept. 2
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The acquisition of the Thunder Hawk Field leases from Murphy Oil Corporation helps bolster Helix Energy Solutions Group ’s decommissioning work in the U.S. #GulfofMexico, the Houston-based company said.
Efforts are underway in both the public and private sectors to ensure that everyone has access to clean and affordable energy as the world transitions to a #lowcarbon economy.
“We need to recognize that there are systems that have been built up throughout this country that are inequitable,” said Yasmin Yacoby , deputy chief of staff for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Economic Impact and Diversity.
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State-owned Pemex continues to #flare significant amounts of natural gas, and the election of Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in 2018 has seemingly only helped to make the problem worse.
Roughly a year and a half after a deadly winter storm collapsed the Texas power grid, the state’s regulators approved new rules on Aug. 30 that require oil and gas companies to properly prepare #naturalgas infrastructure for extreme weather.
The new Weather Emergency Preparedness Standards rule (Statewide Rule 3.66) approved by the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) requires facilities representing a large portion of daily natural gas supply in Texas to be prepared to operate during weather emergencies. Fines for administrative violations could reach up to $1 million, according to a release by the RRC.
“Realistically I think we need to use oil and gas in the short term, because otherwise civilization will crumble,” the Tesla founder said on the sidelines of an energy conference in the southern Norwegian city of Stavanger.