European shale: an overview?
Overview of European shale. Europe has 15 TCM of technically recoverable shale gas resources according to an assessment from the EIA in 2013, which remains the best overview, almost ten…
Energy units: life, the universe and everything?
…(MT, MTpa), British thermal units, the archaic therm; higher heating value versus lower heating value, and real-world gas blends. Gas is a low-carbon fuel as 54% of gas energy comes…
CH4 context: the largest methane leaks of all time?
…kWh basis, they are 10x less methane intensive than some of the methane-emitting coal mines plotted above-right. Coal mines often leak more gas than gas assets themselves. One coal mine…
Blue ammonia projects: a screen?
…gas reforming. One limitation has been the use of SMRs for gas reforming, whereas ATRs should allow higher rates of CO2 capture in the future (note here). A growing interest…
Pressure swing adsorption: energy economics?
…tail gas from the water gas shift reaction of a steam methane reformer, in producing grey or blue hydrogen; and costs $2-3/mcf when separating biomethane out of biogas. For example,…
Maxwell’s demon: computation is energy?
…gas molecules, partitioned into two halves, separated by a trap door. Above the trap door, sits a tiny demon, who can perceive the motion of the gas molecules. Whenever a…
Gold hydrogen: the economics?
…such as white hydrogen and orange hydrogen. We have drawn on our models of shale gas production, other gas field production, pressure swing adsorption, gas dehydration, gas sweetening, gas pipelines,…
Carbon capture and storage: research conclusions?
…carbon capture and storage? CO2 is a greenhouse gas. But it is also an inevitable product of many energy-releasing reactions, from biology, to materials, to industrial energy, because of the…
How a CO2 price improves industrial efficiency in oil and gas?
This data-file looks through 20 technologies that can reduce the CO2 intensity of the oil and gas sector. It contains our economic assumptions and our workings behind each technology. A…
Levelized cost of electricity: stress-testing LCOE?
…model, which is especially important for gas value chains, amidst high dispersion in global gas prices. O&M costs cover operations and maintenance; and are generally going to be lowest for…