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Modern Combined-Cycle Natural Gas Power Plants, Combustion Cycle Gas Peakers, and Reciprocating Gas Engines. January 15, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Modern Combined-Cycle Natural Gas Power Plants, Combustion Cycle Gas Peakers, and Reciprocating Gas Engines

New Gas Turbine Designs and Bigger Turbines: Siemens’ HL-Class Gas Turbines, GE’s H-Class Turbines and Mitsubishi’s J-Series Turbines. January 18, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: New Gas Turbine Designs and Bigger Turbines: Siemens’ HL-Class Gas Turbines, GE’s H-Class Turbines and Mitsubishi’s J-Series Turbines

Adequate Local Natural Gas Pipeline Volumes Are Needed to Keep Gas Available for Use. January 18, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Adequate Local Natural Gas Pipeline Volumes Are Needed to Keep Gas Available for Use

Home Heating in the U.S. – Electrification Has Limitations and Hydrocarbons Have Some Advantages. March 7, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Home Heating in the U.S. – Electrification Has Limitations and Hydrocarbons Have Some Advantages

Propane, Butane, and LP Gas: Versatile Natural Gas Liquids: U.S. Propane Production, Exports, and NGL Recovery Innovations. March 11, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Propane, Butane, and LP Gas: Versatile Natural Gas Liquids: U.S. Propane Production, Exports, and NGL Recovery Innovations

Banning New Natural Gas Hookups and Forced Electrification: Green Authoritarianism? April 28, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Banning New Natural Gas Hookups and Forced Electrification: Green Authoritarianism?

Natural Gas Power Replacing Coal Power in Urban Areas Means Significant Declines in Urban Air Pollution. June 26, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Natural Gas Power Replacing Coal Power in Urban Areas Means Significant Declines in Urban Air Pollution

Quadgeneration and Trigeneration Plants: Likely Future for Many Carbonated Beverage Plants, Breweries, and Horticultural Greenhouse Operations. September 10, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Quadgeneration and Trigeneration Plants: Likely Future for Many Carbonated Beverage Plants, Breweries, and Horticultural Greenhouse Operations

NREL Forecasts Gas-Fired Power Capacity Will Grow Significantly to 2050 but Utilization Rates Will Drop Significantly: If That is to Be the Case, More Pipeline Capacity Will be Needed in the Near-Term and More Natural Gas Assets Will Be Stranded Sooner, Resulting in Losses for Utilities and Consumers. January 15, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: NREL Forecasts Gas-Fired Power Capacity Will Grow Significantly to 2050 but Utilization Rates Will Drop Significantly: If That is to Be the Case, More Pipeline Capacity Will be Needed in the Near-Term and More Natural Gas Assets Will Be Stranded Sooner, Resulting in Losses for Utilities and Consumers

Incentivizing New Dispatchable Generation: Controversial but Useful, August 31, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Incentivizing New Dispatchable Generation: Controversial but Useful

Natural Gas Letdown Generators: Recovering Power from Decompression with Turboexpanders and Helical Screw Technology. An Opportunity to Save Money, Power Facilities, and Reduce Emissions. September 15, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Natural Gas Letdown Generators: Recovering Power from Decompression with Turboexpanders and Helical Screw Technology. An Opportunity to Save Money, Power Facilities, and Reduce Emissions

Iraq Flared Natural Gas Capture: TotalEnergies and BP in Deals to Capture Flared Gas for Domestic Power Use. January 19, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Iraq Flared Natural Gas Capture: TotalEnergies and BP in Deals to Capture Flared Gas for Domestic Power Use

Last Week Was the Fourth-Largest U.S. Natural Gas Storage Withdrawal on Record. January 31, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Last Week Was the Fourth-Largest U.S. Natural Gas Storage Withdrawal on Record

U.S. Butane Exports Reach Record Level in 2024: Eagle Ford, Marcellus, and Utica Shales are Main Sources. March 8, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: U.S. Butane Exports Reach Record Level in 2024: Eagle Ford, Marcellus, and Utica Shales are Main Sources

Gas-Fired Turbines: Importance for Power Generation and Industry, Minimizing Pollutants, and Turbine Manufacturing Issues. March 8, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Gas-Fired Turbines: Importance for Power Generation and Industry, Minimizing Pollutants, and Turbine Manufacturing Issues

‘Dispatchable’ Power Credits Trading Program Passed in Texas Senate. March 26, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: ‘Dispatchable’ Power Credits Trading Program Passed in Texas Senate

Natural Gasoline (Pentanes Plus): The Heaviest NGL Component of Natural Gas Processing: Supply, Demand, Sources, and Uses. April 15, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Natural Gasoline (Pentanes Plus): The Heaviest NGL Component of Natural Gas Processing: Supply, Demand, Sources, and Uses.

Analyzing Natural Gas and Ensuring Gas Quality Along the Value Stream: Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy Emerges as a Leading Technology. July 7, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Analyzing Natural Gas and Ensuring Gas Quality Along the Value Stream: Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy Emerges as a Leading Technology

Ethane-to-Power: Hoston Electric’s NGL Fractionation Plant in Tennessee and ConocoPhillips Teeside Terminal NGL Fractionation Plant Project in the UK. August 14, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Ethane-to-Power: Hoston Electric’s NGL Fractionation Plant in Tennessee and ConocoPhillips Teeside Terminal NGL Fractionation Plant Project in the UK

Gas Turbine Deployment Will Grow Regardless of Future Energy Mix, Effects of Lower Utilization Rates on Turbine Components, and Long Wait Times Likely to Continue. September 22, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Gas Turbine Deployment Will Grow Regardless of Future Energy Mix, Effects of Lower Utilization Rates on Turbine Components, and Long Wait Times Likely to Continue

Unpacking the Hype: A Deep Dive into the Energy Industry’s Lofty Natural Gas and Electricity Demand Projection: Webinar by Natural Gas Intelligence and Yes Energy: September 23, 2025. Summary & Review. September 27, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Unpacking the Hype: A Deep Dive into the Energy Industry’s Lofty Natural Gas and Electricity Demand Projection: Webinar by Natural Gas Intelligence and Yes Energy: September 23, 2025. Summary & Review

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       This is an interesting blog by a senior geologist specializing in CCS and decarbonization. I have attended one of Jason’s excellent ...