Jack Cavanaugh
@jack-cavanaugh.bsky.social
Carbon upper middle management Director, Carbon Management Program at Center on Global Energy Policy + non-resident fellow FAI
Petra Nova, Kemper, Gorgon Like an ancient incantation, the names of CCS projects that have "failed" ring through the air anytime the technology is discussed But none of these projects failed because of carbon capture. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/carbonmi...
The Biggest Failures in CCS*
*None of them failed because of their inability to capture carbon
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Shale gas has hugely increased global available reserves & likely use. A 1st priority is normalizing & requiring ultra-low fugitives, which is becoming more feasible & economically viable due to innovation. Really enjoyed working on this with @columbiauenergy.bsky.social @jack-cavanaugh.bsky.social
Jack Cavanaugh@jack-cavanaugh.bsky.social · 5mo agoUpstream methane mitigation is relatively low-cost, and can often be cost-saving for operators EQT has shown this in the field @chrisbataille.bsky.social and I highlight their success and more in our latest on upstream methane mitigation open.substack.com/pub/carbonmi...
Upstream methane mitigation is relatively low-cost, and can often be cost-saving for operators EQT has shown this in the field @chrisbataille.bsky.social and I highlight their success and more in our latest on upstream methane mitigation open.substack.com/pub/carbonmi...
Cheaper, Cleaner, Better, Faster — Part 3: Upstream
Low hanging and productive fruit
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Clean firm heads are going to love this @kspokas.bsky.social and @wilsonar.bsky.social cover the 101s and 201s Click, read, become smarter www.catf.us/2026/02/what...
What is clean firm electricity, and why does it matter for decarbonizing the grid?
Clean firm resources can reduce the scale of infrastructure required, lower total system costs, and expand the set of viable pathways to deep decarbonization.
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In essentially all net-zero analyses, we still have +15mBbl/day of oil demand What's it being used for? Where is it coming from? How do we limit emissions while we're using it? All that and more in the conversation with Sebastian Manhart👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpnM...
What if phasing out oil & gas takes far longer than we hope?
YouTube video by Sebastian Manhart
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This graph from Shells latest decarbonization report is sticking with me Even in the most ambitious scenario oil demand is 30 million barrels a day largely driven by industrial processes We either need lots of CCS (short to medium term) or even more CDR (long term)
To be clear, Foley is alleging is that DOE committed fraud, to make numbers look better for “DAC, CCS, Hydrogen, SMRs etc.” His evidence? Something he heard from one ex-DOE policy analyst If you’re going to publicly accuse someone of fraud, you should have more evidence than that.
Perhaps shocking, but I agree with most of what @ketanjoshi.co has written in both installments of his CCS series You'll never catch me defending Gorgon (the focus of this series), it's a bad project for all the reasons Ketan highlights But the broader CCS narrative I find lacking, a quick🧵
Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · 7mo agoHEY LOVELIES Part 2 of my series on CCS for @thepointau.bsky.social - about the amazingly-named Gorgon project, owned by Chevron, in Western Australia thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
Absolute banger from @noahqkaufman.bsky.social on the limits of economic models for climate and the resultant policy, narrative and discourse they create www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...
The Climate Question That Economists Cannot Answer
Models can predict catastrophic or modest damages from climate change, but not which of these futures is coming.
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It’s simple: cheap and abundant electricity is good! In our January Book, @janeaflegal.bsky.social discusses the growing need for energy, the policy challenges thwarting new supply, and how we move towards more cheap AND clean energy. www.statesforum.org/january-book...
Cheap and Abundant Electricity Is Good - The States Forum
Download the full paper The idea Energy is the lifeblood of the modern economy. Electricity powers homes, factories, and our digital world, allowing us to enjoy comfortable lives in a competitive coun...
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This article gets at a main tension on CCS between proponents/opponents: the industrial sector Whether or not you like CCS, the cheapest, fastest way to decarbonize cement and ammonia today is with CCS No way around that, unless you want to emit more and need more CDR! www.ft.com/content/ef69...
Europe goes ‘full blast’ on carbon capture but fears of ‘expensive distraction’ persist
Industrial groups say storage is only way to meet EU emissions targets for energy-intensive sectors
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Thrilled to join the board of Trustees @carbongap.bsky.social I've been a long-time admirer of the work of the team, and of the banter skills of Christoph Beuttler Let's get these tons, in Europe and the UK carbongap.org/team-member/...
Jack Andreasen Cavanaugh - Carbon Gap
Jack Andreasen Cavanaugh is a Senior Research Associate leading the Carbon Management Research Initiative. His work focuses on policies and regulations that will incentivise decarbonisation, global co...
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A great article demonstrating the current cost of low oil prices for the American oil worker (layoffs), and what more production in Venezuela would make that worse www.wsj.com/business/ene...
Consumers Love Cheap Gas, but the Oil Patch Will Pay the Price
Increased supply from Venezuela could help drivers at the pump—but it might strain the industry.
wsj.com
Even the oil companies are like, cutting those GHG programs is going too far bro. By @jack-cavanaugh.bsky.social & @pavan.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...
Oil companies want to keep the EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program. Yes, really
The EPA aims to cut unnecessary regulation and empower the oil industry. But getting rid of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program would actually creates bigger headaches.
houstonchronicle.com
Oil companies want to keep the GHGRP! My latest in the Houston Chronicle with Pavan www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...
Oil companies want to keep the EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program. Yes, really
The EPA aims to cut unnecessary regulation and empower the oil industry. But getting rid of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program would actually creates bigger headaches.
houstonchronicle.com
