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U.S. Transitional Energy Strategies and Polices Continue to Not Address the Climate Change Elephant in the Room

Energy Central

The reality today is that, of the 3,400 coal and gas-fired plants currently operating in the U.S., The EPA policy relies on carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) to reduce GHGs from fossil fuel energy sources. fewer than 10 have CCS installed. To meet the deadline goal it means churning out more than one new CCS project a day.

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The Changing Landscape of Leasing and Minerals

Permian Basin Oil and Gas Magazine

The elephant in the room right now involves those questions about who owns beneficially-useful produced water and the minerals in the waste flow, such as lithium and others. The courts summary states, This dispute concerns whether the mineral lessee or the surface estate holder owns the produced water from oil and gas operations.

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Making the Invisible Visible – Delivering Clarity

Drillers

Operator planning processes and documentation are the elephants in the room. A specific case involved ensuring advanced gas detection equipment which was required by the subsurface team, was provided as a standard deliverable in mudlogging contracts. Often processes are followed because they are unquestioned remnants of the past.