What’s New

A study by ICF International, Addendum to Impact Assessment of Mandatory GHG Control Legislation, indicates that climate legislation pending in Congress could significantly reduce clean-burning natural gas production and send refining production and jobs overseas.

A  report by T-squared & Associates and the Center for Energy Economics at the Univerisity of Texas at Austin shows that the U.S. oil and natural gas industry invested about $42 billion in greenhouse gas emission mitigation technologies from 2000 to 2006.  The report, Key Investments in Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Technologies by Energy Firms, Other Industry and the Federal Government, shows that these investments exceed either those made by the federal government or all remaining U.S. industries together.

API recently completed a Summary of Carbon Dioxide Enhanced Oil Recovery (CO2EOR) Injection Well Technology. This important Background Report identifies the technologies and operating practices that have been developed by the oil and gas industry for injecting carbon dioxide (CO2) for enhanced oil recovery (EOR).  These technologies and practices have been developed specifically for use in CO2 EOR; however, the oil and gas industry's experiences and learnings may be of value in considering the injection of carbon dioxide for the purpose of geologic storage.

Oil and Natural Gas Industry Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Reduction Projects
IPIECA and API have produced two new sets of guidelines for oil and natural gas companies.  The first provides information to help companies evaluate options for reducing their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and registering project-level GHG emission reductions.  The second set of guidelines provides information on carbon capture and storage projects.  In both cases the guidance focuses on the technical aspects of reducing GHG emissions separate from policy considerations.

The Promise of Energy with Lower CO2 Emissions is API's new brochure which explains in easy-to-understand language how carbon capture and storage (CCS) can help play an important role in reducing greenhouse gases linked to climate change.

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Version Date: September 2007
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4th API Conference on Voluntary Actions Addressing Climate Change
API and the U.S. Department of Energy co-sponsored the 4th voluntary actions conference in Washington, D.C. on December 4-5, 2006. Conference speakers gave presentations on voluntary actions by the U.S. oil and natural gas industry addressing climate change. Links to an Executive Summary (which includes a list of presentations) and full conference proceedings are below.  To order a CD of the proceedings that includes the actual conference presentations as well as the summary and full conference report, please contact climate@api.org.

Conference Brochure (the Executive Summary)

Conference Report (full proceedings with summary of all presentations)

Climate Challenge: A Progress Report
API has issued a new report that documents progress achieved by the U.S. oil and natural gas industry addressing the climate change issue. The report discusses the industry's efforts to increase energy efficiency (highlighting recent progress improving refinery energy efficiency, a principal industry goal), promote alternative energy, establish tools for estimating and tracking emissions, and help develop new energy technologies for eliminating or sequestering emissions.

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Version Date: December 2005
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API Voluntary Climate Challenge Program
Through its leading trade association, the American Petroleum Institute, the U.S. oil and natural gas industry has established a program to build on its previous work addressing climate change. The program is a positive response to the President’s challenge to American industry to reduce the intensity of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions while keeping the economy growing.