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Is geothermal energy ready to make its mark in the US power mix?

McKinsey

Next-generation geothermal approaches, however, dramatically expand the available resources by engineering fractures in the subsurface, allowing almost anywhere with hot, dry subsurface rock to be a potential source of electricity. 5 Pathways to commercial liftoff: Next-generation geothermal power , US Department of Energy, March 2024.

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The Iberian green industrial opportunity: Carbon capture and storage

McKinsey

Spain has transposed the European Carbon Capture and Storage Directive under Law 40/2010, but has yet to include a clear permitting process. 22 “Law 40/2010, of December 29, on geological storage of carbon dioxide,” Official State Gazette, Spain, December 31, 2010.

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Permian People: Movers and Shakers

Permian Basin Oil and Gas Magazine

He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Texas Tech University. Since 2010, Thygerson has been the faculty advisor for the flourishing ASSP Student Section at Brigham Young. I look forward to working with the team to scale operational capabilities and drive sustainable, long-term growth.

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Permian Basin Drives 80% of U.S. Tight Oil Boom Since 2010

Oil Gas Leads

A new government report highlights the Permians dominant role in driving a historic surge in Lower 48 onshore outputmore than tripling since 2010. Onshore Oil Production Trends (20102024) Metric 2010 2024 % Change Total Onshore L48 Production 3.4 20212024: Permian recovered faster and stronger , becoming the dominant growth engine.

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Colombia’s GeoPark appoints Felipe Bayon as its new CEO

Oil & Gas 360º

Mr. Bayon is a mechanical engineer who began his career in 1991 with Shell in field operations and projects and then moved to bp where he worked for 21 years in increasingly important operational and management roles in Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, the U.S. in partnership with Oxy a project that grew from 0 to ca. and the U.K.,

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Proposed EPA Rules Would Subject Oil and Gas Sources to Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The Energy Law

This rule required reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from a number of large sources including suppliers of fossil fuels or industrial greenhouse gases, manufacturers of vehicles and engines, and certain facilities that emit 25,000 metric tons or more per year of greenhouse gas emissions. and April 20, 2010 in Washington, D.C.

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Worker Exposure to Crystalline Silica During Hydraulic Fracturing

NIOSH Science: Oil & Gas

Approximately 435,000 workers were employed in the US oil and gas extraction industry in 2010; nearly half of those workers were employed by well servicing companies, which includes