Natural Gas

Natural gas (also called fossil gas; sometimes just gas), is a naturally occurring hydrocarbon gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, but commonly including varying amounts of other higher alkanes, and sometimes a small percentage of carbon dioxide, nitrogen, hydrogen sulfide, or helium. It is formed when layers of decomposing plant and animal matter are exposed to intense heat and pressure under the surface of the Earth over millions of years. The energy that the plants originally obtained from the sun is stored in the form of chemical bonds in the gas. Natural gas is a fossil fuel. Natural gas is …

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MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 1 October 2024 English

Oil workers are often typecast as rough: embodying the toxic masculinity, racism, consumerist excess, and wilful ignorance of the extractive industries and petrostates they work for. But their poetry troubles …

estimate that “[i]n 2019, Canada’s oil and natural gas industry supported more than 500,000 jobs either


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 30 September 2024 English

Solar photovoltaic (PV) and onshore wind are now the cheapest options for new power generation, but enabling policies are still needed to speed up deployment, particularly in lower income countries. …

renewables as a viable alternative to coal and natural gas generation partly because renewables were expensive 2009, reaching cost parity with new coal and natural gas sometime around 2018. As of 2023, generation lower than generation costs for new coal and natural gas plants (IEA, 2024e). The second threshold proposed


PICES: North Pacific Marine Science Organization · 22 September 2024 English

All names, views and claims expressed in this report are solely those of the authors and do not represent those of the PICES Organization, nor those of their affiliated organizations, …

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IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 19 September 2024 English

In August 2024, 11 oil and gas exploration licences were awarded across three countries.

IPCC emission factors of crude oil, condensate, natural gas liquids, and gas. Data manipulation is automated


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 19 September 2024 English

Transitioning off of fossil fuels in Manitoba's building sector will require transformative action on energy efficiency. This report investigates the potential to scale up a deep energy retrofit industry in …

energy efficiency as well as a ban on the use of natural gas heating; adopt the latest upgrades to the national for transformational residential retrofits Natural gas-powered heating accounts for 55% of building generate significant energy savings and displace natural gas heating. Each electric-heat home that is converted support the conversion of two homes away from natural gas. Calculations show that a large-scale geothermal retrofits Uneven taxes on natural gas compared with electricity—with natural gas taxed at 5% plus the carbon


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 18 September 2024 English

Senegal faces difficult decisions as it navigates a transition to becoming an exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) with a pipeline of new projects, largely targeting Europe. The need to develop new sources

transition to becoming an exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) with a pipeline of new projects, largely Senegal has, somewhat controversially, included natural gas in its Just Energy Transition Investment Plan—a ......................6 Figure 3. Change in natural gas supply under the NZE scenario by 2050 ...... International Energy Agency LNG liquefied natural gas MTPA million tonnes per annum NZE net-zero earmark a significant portion of liquefied natural gas (LNG) production for local use, given only 75%


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 18 September 2024 French

Senegal faces difficult decisions as it navigates a transition to becoming an exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) with a pipeline of new projects, largely targeting Europe. The need to develop new sources

(2024). A comprehensive review of liquefied natural gas (LNG) market dynamics: Analyzing the current Foundation. (2022). Just energy transitions and natural gas in Africa: Balancing climate action and structural uation.html Climate Action Tracker. (2022). Natural gas in Africa: Why fossil fuels cannot sustainably health, and safety guidelines for liquefied natural gas facilities. International Finance Corporation decisions: The risks to Mozambique from liquified natural gas export projects. https://www.iisd.org/publications/


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 17 September 2024 English

This report evaluates a potential fossil fuel subsidy provided to the Canadian oil industry through the Government of Canada's expansion and continued operation of the Trans Mountain Pipeline (TMP) using …

deal with potential losses on Trans Canada natural gas shipments in the 1980s. A levy in the range of signing long-term take-or-pay contracts with natural gas producers that it could not honour dueIISD.org Sharing Act in 1986 that imposed a levy on natural gas shipments to consumers that covered the potential re-17-billion Black, A. J. (1989). Canadian natural gas deregulation: Contractual impediments and discriminatory


PPF: Public Policy Forum  · 13 September 2024 English

economics reporter and editor, Royal Society of Canada Drew previously spent 12 years a foreign correspondent an and a member of the in leadership positions with Ottawa bureau chief and …

developing more geopolitics are forcing liquified natural gas (LNG) Canada definitely needs countries to re-evaluate strategy that analyzes effectively sands and of natural gas in the Montney how our national interests and and fifth- to other friendly nations. largest natural gas producer in the world.33 3. Defend against Chinese https://energy-information.canada.ca/en/energy-facts/oil-natural-gas-coal https://energy.ca/naio/canadian-hydroge continued use of oil and gas for some decades. natural gas producer Global coal use is actually on the rise


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 12 September 2024 English

This report explores the effects of border carbon adjustment (BCA) schemes, especially the European Union's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) on Vietnam, using insights from stakeholders and research. It covers …

non-metallic mineral products and transportation of natural gas (Government of Canada, 2021). Of Canada’s total


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