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looked at previous studies to estimate occur upstream when you’re extracting potential), which severely understates
emissions from the stage of shale rock the shale gas and liquefying it. This is the climatic damage of methane, the
formations to that of combustion by the all magnifi ed just to get the liquefi ed LNG footprint equals or exceeds that of
fi nal consumer. The carbon dioxide and natural gas to market,” he said. “Over- coal, he wrote.
methane released while LNG is extrac- all, the greenhouse gas footprint for
ted, processed, transported and stored LNG as a fuel source is 33% greater “So LNG will always have a bigger
make up for about half of its total green- than that for coal when analysed for climate footprint than the natural gas, no
house gas footprint, Dr. Howarth said. 20 years global warming potential.” matter what the assumptions of being a
Further, even considered on the time bridge fuel are. It still ends up substan-
“Almost all methane emissions frame of 100 years (global warming tially worse than coal,” he added.

PETROLEUM INFRASTRUCTURE
IOC and NOC ink deal for petroleum pipeline and

fuel storage facility in Nepal

India and Nepal have signed a ‘B2B of 18,900-kl (kilolitres) will be built
Framework Agreement’ for the deve- at Charaali. India also will provide a
lopment of petroleum infrastructure in grant for a 62-km petroleum pipeline
Nepal. from Amlekhgunj to Lothar, Chitwan,
where a Smart Greenfi eld Terminal
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and with a 91,900-kl capacity will be built
Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) inked by NOC with technical assistance from
the agreement in New Delhi recently tary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural the Indian government. The total cost
for the construction of a petroleum Gas, and IOC Chairman, Mr. V. Satish of the projects is estimated at Rs. 15-bn.
pipeline and fuel storage facility. Kumar. As per the agreement, a 50-km
Mr. Senthil Kumar, Director, IOC, and petroleum pipeline will be constructed The initial MoU for these pro-
Dr. Chandika Prasad Bhatta, Executive from Siliguri, India, to Charaali, Jhapa. jects was signed during former Prime
Director, NOC, signed the agreement Additionally, a ‘Smart Greenfi eld Ter- Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s visit to
in presence of Mr. Pankaj Jain, Secre- minal’ (storage facility) with a capacity India in May-June 2023.
GREEN ENERGY PUSH
Adani Total Gas commissions India’s biggest

hydrogen blending in natural gas project

Adani Total Gas Ltd., the group’s company said in its post. The project will utility GAIL (India) Ltd. is also doing a
city gas joint venture with French energy provide uninterrupted hydrogen-blended small pilot in Indore, Madhya Pradesh,
giant Total Energies, has started blending natural gas to 4,000 domestic and com- to supply CNG that has been doped with
2.2-2.3% of green hydrogen in natural mercial consumers. The fi rm will slowly grey hydrogen. While green hydrogen
gas supplied to households for cooking increase the green hydrogen blend in nat- with nil carbon emissions is being talked
in parts of Ahmedabad. ural gas to 5% and ultimately to 8% and about as a future fuel, its tendency to
widen supplies to other parts of Ahmedabad corrode pipelines and equipment limits
“This achievement marks a signifi cant and eventually across other areas where it its usage. Tests have established that up
step towards reducing our carbon footprint holds a city gas license. to 10% hydrogen can be blended in natu-
and transitioning to cleaner energy solu- ral gas without any impact on pipelines
tions. By blending hydrogen with natu- Presently, State-owned power genera- or equipment. A higher blend of up to
ral gas, we are lowering greenhouse gas tor NTPC supplies green hydrogen blen- 30% is possible with a change in material
emissions, enhancing energy security, and ded natural gas to households in Kawas grade and wall thickness of pipelines and
supporting sustainable development,” the in Surat district, Gujarat. State-owned gas equipment.

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