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Energy Transfer announces collaboration to advance research and design which controls both the surface and
The filing marks a milestone for GCS,
of carbon-neutral facilities for the upstream
executive management oil and natural gas market. The three subsurface rights for a large, contiguous
landholding in southwest Louisiana. The
companies will combine their capabilities
changes and resources to explore and develop a proof permit application comes after years of
of concept based on an offshore platform
comprehensive data collection and analysis
Dallas-based Energy Transfer announced reference case. The result of the collaboration which determined that the area’s geologic pore
today that long-time Energy Transfer will be published in a joint study on net zero space is ideally suited to build and operate a
executives Mackie McCrea and Tom Long upstream facilities before the end of the year. world-class carbon sequestration project.
have been named as co-chief executive The study defines a hierarchy of emissions- GULF COAST SEQUESTRATION, October 13,
officers, effective January 1, 2021. Energy reduction technologies, ranked by maturity, 2020
Transfer co-founder Kelcy Warren will remain investment and impact to enable operators to
as executive chairman of Energy Transfer and make informed decisions when prioritising Neste, Twin Rivers Unified
chairman of the board of directors. As co- areas for emissions reduction.
CEOs, McCrea and Long will work together in “This unique venture demonstrates the School District transform
the manner of an “Office of the CEO” and will valuable intersection of thought leadership,
jointly direct the business of the partnership. digital innovation and project excellence school buses from fossil
Warren will continue to be actively involved to advance the energy transition across the
in the strategic direction of the partnership. globe,” said Samik Mukherjee, McDermott’s fuel to fossil free
McCrea first joined the partnership in 1997 Group Senior Vice President, Projects. “By
as senior vice president business development. combining our individual strengths, we will The Twin Rivers Unified School District near
Since that time he has served in a number deliver solutions that enable our customers Sacramento achieved a major milestone in its
of leadership roles including group chief to accelerate the industry-shared goal of climate action plan by switching 75 diesel-
operating officer and chief commercial officer reducing carbon impact throughout the powered school buses to run on renewable
of Energy Transfer Operating, and most production chain.” diesel fuel provided by Neste. As a result, the
recently as president and chief commercial The programme directly supports a district’s fleet is now fully fossil free and one
officer of Energy Transfer. McCrea also serves significant carbon footprint reduction within of the cleanest in the country. Because Neste
on the Energy Transfer board of directors. the production and transformation of oil and MY Renewable Diesel is a drop-in fuel, Twin
Long has served as the partnership’s chief gas, which, according to the International Rivers was able to achieve this remarkable
financial officer since February of 2016. Prior Energy Agency, is about 15% of the entire oil milestone practically overnight.
to assuming this role, he served for five years and gas carbon footprint. “Yesterday, our fleet of diesel-powered
as executive vice president and chief financial MCDERMOTT INTERNATIONAL, SCHNEIDER school buses were contributing to air pollution
officer of Regency Energy Partners, which was ELECTRIC AND IO CONSULTING, October 08, and climate change,” said Timothy Shannon,
acquired by Energy Transfer in 2010. Before 2020 Twin Rivers USD director of transportation.
that, he held leadership positions with Matrix “Now, they are helping fight these two big
Service Company and DCP Midstream Gulf Coast Sequestration problems. All it took for us to start creating
Partners, among others. Long also serves on a healthier, more sustainable future for the
the boards of directors of Energy Transfer and makes initial filing to obtain children and communities served by Twin
Sunoco LP, and is chairman of the Board of Rivers was to switch from fossil to renewable
USA Compression Partners. EPA permit for CCS Project diesel – probably one of the easiest decisions
Warren, who has been a leader in the we’ve ever had to make.”
energy industry for more than 40 years, Gulf Coast Sequestration (GCS) today Twin Rivers USD, the 28th largest school
co-founded Energy Transfer in 1996 with announced that the company has initiated district in California with 26,000 students,
approximately 200 miles of natural gas the process for obtaining a Class VI has been on a journey to “green” its school
pipelines and 20 employees. Today, Energy Underground Injection Control permit bus fleet. Last year, the school district
Transfer is an international company with from the U.S. Environmental Protection started using electric buses. Now, by simply
the largest and most diversified portfolio of Agency (EPA) by filing a detailed technical changing fuel types, Twin Rivers will realize
energy assets in the United States. submission to delineate its “area of review.” an 80% reduction in lifecycle greenhouse gas
ENERGY TRANSFER, October 08, 2020 This is a significant step in the company’s emissions from its remaining fleet of diesel-
effort to build and operate the country’s powered buses.
premier carbon sequestration project, which Neste, its distributor Van De Pol Petroleum
ENERGY TRANSITION is designed to permanently store more and Twin Rivers established a long-term
than 80mn tons of carbon in deep geologic contract to fuel all of the diesel-powered
McDermott, Schneider formations. school buses with Neste MY Renewable
Diesel. Importantly, switching to renewable
Once completed, the GCS “hub” is
Electric and io consulting expected to be the largest geologic carbon diesel did not cost the school district – or
capture sequestration (CCS) project in the US
tax payers – anything extra. Alongside the
join forces to develop net and one of the largest in the world. With the environmental benefits, Twin Rivers can
also expect to see superior performance and
capacity to sequester 2,700,000 tons of CO?
zero upstream facilities annually, it will be equivalent to removing reduced maintenance costs.
about 600,000 passenger vehicles from the
NESTE, October 08, 2020
McDermott International, Schneider Electric road every year or the equivalent annual
and io consulting today announced a carbon avoided from 2,000 wind turbines.

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