Commercial aviation: fuel economy of planes?
…already harnessed LNG as a potential fuel source, which is 25% more energy dense than jet fuel per unit mass and could have afforded a 10% improvement in fuel economy…
Mero Revolutions: countering CO2 in pre-salt Brazil?
…and CO2. These will be 2-2.5x larger FPSOs than Lula, by tonnage. Pages 8-10 illustrate pipeline bottlenecks facing pre-salt Brazil. After considering alternative options (re-injection, LNG), we argue more pipelines…
Hybrid horizons: industrial use of batteries?
…as battery costs come down, achieving even higher, 30-65% energy savings. This data-file summarizes a dozen examples, from oil and gas, marine, construction and even the machinery at LNG plants….
Ten Themes for Energy in 2020
…form in the global gas industry (LNG), a theme that increasingly excites us, to drive the energy transition. Theme #8 is our oil outlook, where we expect markets may be…
MCFCs: what if carbon capture generated electricity?
Molten carbonate fuel cells (MCFCs) could be a game-changer for CCS and fossil fuels. They are electrochemical reactors with the unique capability to capture CO2 from the exhaust pipes of…
Ten Themes for Energy in the 2020s
We presented our ‘Top Ten Themes for Energy in the 2020s’ to an audience at Yale SOM, in February-2020. The audio recording is available below. The slides are available to…
Platform supply vessels: what contribution to CO2?
…productive asset in a well-developed basin. The numbers can be increased c4x in a remote basin, or by another c4x for smaller fields, so emissions >1kg/boe are possible. Initatives to…
Do Methane Leaks Detract from Natural Gas?
…strong credentials for natural gas as the fuel for the energy transition. All of our research into gas opportunities is linked here; and our work into LNG is linked here….
Decarbonizing global energy: the route to net zero?
…while removing all of the CO2. The framework joins up with our models of supply-demand models of global energy, oil, LNG, European gas, the total US economy and the climate…
Inspection costs: drones versus traditional quality control?
…construction, LNG or forestry activities, in order to survey activity and identify issues. Many of these drones are electricity and are inherently easier to decarbonize than combustion-powered transportation. When using…