Decarbon Daily - California Collision, Battery Demand, & $1B SAF Delta Purchases More than $1 billion Worth of Sustainable Aviation Fuel www.environmentalleader.com Delta Airlines has entered into a 10-year contract with renewable fuels company Aemetis, worth more than $1 billion, to source sustainabl... #transportation #sustainability-goals Ford Motor and South Korea-Based SK Innovation Plan Kentucky and Tennessee Electric Battery Vehicle Plants www.areadevelopment.com Ford Motor Company and South Korea-Based SK Innovation will invest a total of $11.4 billion to develop and build electric vehicle batteri... #electric-vehicles Lithium Jumps Again as Miners Can’t Keep Up With Battery Boom finance.yahoo.com Prices have more than doubled in the past year, according to a Benchmark Mineral Intelligence index of lithium carbonate and hydroxide. D... #lithium Factbox: Electric Vehicle Batteries: Major Players and Their Expansion Plans whbl.com The global auto industry’s shift to electric vehicles (EVs) has spurred an expansion race among battery makers, and caused a growing a sk... #batteries #electric-vehicles
Decarbon Daily - Energy Entrepreneurs + Natgas Prices Did an Anchor Strike the Pipeline? Cause of California Oil Spill Catastrophe Could be Determined Today www.usatoday.com Authorities could determine as soon as Tuesday the cause of the pipeline breach that spilled more than 140,000 gallons of oil off the Sou... #oil European Natural Gas Prices Hit New Records as Supply Concerns Grow www.worldoil.com Global fuel shortages are resulting in surging energy prices, disrupting markets from the UK to China, as economies emerge from the pande... #natural-gas Global Supply Disruptions Could Still Get Worse, Central Bankers Warn www.reuters.com Supply constraints thwarting global economic growth could still get worse, keeping inflation elevated longer, even if the current spike i... #supply-chain ABB Joins Widespread Call to Accelerate Shipping Decarbonization gcaptain.com ABB has joined more than 155 companies urging governments to help shipping decarbonize by 2050. The Call to Action for Shipping Decarboni... #shipping #sustainability-goals
Decarbon Daily - California Oil Spill & Renewables M&A Adani Green Acquires SB Energy, India's Largest Renewables M&A Deal www.business-standard.com Just last week, Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani had announced that the Group would invest over $ 20 billion across the next 10 years in... #wind #solar Earthstone Energy (ESTE) Acquires Assets in Midland Basin for $73.2M In Cash and Stock www.streetinsider.com Earthstone Energy, Inc. (NYSE: ESTE) today announced that it has entered into definitive agreements to acquire privately held operated as... #oil Metacon Acquires 100% of the Electrolysis Company Water2H2 AB www.marketscreener.com Metacon has completed the acquisition of the associated company Water2H2 AB. Metacon has already held 20% of the shares in Water2H2 and h... #water CATL Acquires Mineral Resources Company Millennial Lithium www.electrive.com CATL takes over the Canadian mining company Millennial Lithium and pays 376.8 million Canadian dollars (about €254.5 million) for the acq... #mining #lithium Olympic Steel Acquires Shaw Stainless & Alloy www.businesswire.com Olympic Steel Inc. (Nasdaq: ZEUS), a leading national metals service center, today announced that it has acquired the assets of Shaw Stai... #steel Enbridge Advances U.S. Gulf Coast: Acquires North America’s Premier Crude Export Facility theogm.com Enbridge Inc. announces that it has entered into a definitive purchase agreement with EnCap Flatrock Midstream to acquire Moda Midstream ... #oil
Decarbon Daily - Partners in Change Joe Manchin Says His Spending, Climate Stance Should Be No Surprise www.wsj.com Sen. Joe Manchin’s cards were laid on the table Thursday. And the centrist Democrat from a solidly Republican, coal-producing state said ... #policy #sustainability-goals Australian Mining Giants Back Net-zero Target phys.org Australia's powerful mining sector has backed a 2050 net-zero carbon target, heaping pressure on the country's coal-championing governmen... #mining #sustainability-goals IEA Roadmaps 'Clear Pathway' for China to Reach Net-zero 'Well Ahead' of 2060 Target www.rechargenews.com Paris-based agency in new report says seven-fold hike in renewables could help Asian superpower to reach emissions peak as early as 2025 #research Westbridge Energy Acquires 221 MWp Texas Solar Project www.yahoo.com Westbridge Energy Corporation (TSXV: WEB) www.westbridge.energy ("Westbridge" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that its wholly-ow... #solar Quinbrook Acquires Major 350MW UK Solar-plus-storage Site www.pv-tech.org Investment manager Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has acquired a 350MW solar-plus-storage site expected to be the largest single site ... #solar #energy-storage Australia to ‘Turbocharge’ CCUS Tech www.gasworld.com As Governments and industry worldwide further commit to lower carbon emissions ahead of net zero 2030 and 2050 targets, Australia has giv... #carbon-capture
Decarbon Daily - Decarbonization Themes Part 5 OPEC September Oil Output Rises on Nigerian Rebound, OPEC+ Boost www.reuters.com OPEC oil output rose in September to its highest since April 2020, a Reuters survey found, as Nigerian output recovered from involuntary ... #oil $80 Oil is Sending the Market Toward Demand Destruction, Morgan Stanley Says www.cnbc.com With winter ahead and a gas crunch in Europe, the demand picture appears promising. But demand destruction could be imminent as prices cl... #oil #natural-gas Westwood Webinars – Focus on Offshore Wind, with Subsea UK www.westwoodenergy.com Presenting Westwood & Subsea UK’s webinar session ‘Focus on Offshore Wind’. hosted by Neil Gordon of Subsea UK, with presentations from W... #wind Biden Renewables Plan May Hit Floating Tech Troubles www.eenews.net Almost half of the Biden administration’s target for new offshore wind construction could arrive in the form of floating turbines, a tech... #wind
Decarbon Daily - Data Fatigue or Data Hungry? Satellite-based Remote Sensing for Energy Infrastructure www.dnv.com The energy companies of the future are using emerging digital technology to lower operational costs in asset management and operation. Sa... #data Phantom Space Announces Agreement to Build and Launch 72 Satellite Constellation for Ingenu finance.yahoo.com Phantom Space Corporation, a space transportation technology development and manufacturing company, today announced that they signed an a... #data How Space and Satellite Innovation in Scotland can Tackle Global Climate Change futurescot.com When it comes to space, the news is often dominated by the antics of billionaires keen to secure their legacies. Yet blasting oneself int... #data #emissions How Palantir's Edge-AI Technology Leverages Satellites to Protect the Globe www.fool.com Palantir's Meta-Constellation software harnesses the power of satellites to monitor and protect the planet. Should PLTR be in your portfo... #data #emissions
Decarbon Daily - Road to COP26, Renewables, & Carbon Offsets Excelsior Energy Capital Acquires Tax Equity Interests in Existing Portfolio Investment www.valdostadailytimes.com Excelsior Energy Capital (“Excelsior”), a leading independent North American renewable energy investor, announced today that its flagship... #energy-storage #wind #solar The Story of Renewables in India is Incomplete without Energy Storage www.energy-storage.news India’s government will launch its first 1,000MW pilot tender to procure energy storage within a matter of weeks, Ministry of Power joint... #energy-storage #wind Bank of America: Carbon Offset Market may Need to Grow Fiftyfold to Meet 2050 Net-zero Emissions Goals www.cnbc.com The carbon offset market may need to grow by as much as 50 times if companies are going to meet 2050 net-zero greenhouse gas emissions go... #emissions US Pharma Giants Combat Emissions Crisis with Long-term Net-zero Pledges www.spglobal.com The largest U.S. drugmakers have all committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the near term as a global economic forum drew atte... #emissions #sustainability-goals Petronas Champions Low-carbon Energy Production with CCUS themalaysianreserve.com The Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) technologies are crucial in clean energy transitions. According to a recent report by ... #carbon-capture New 10GW Green Hydrogen Project in Mauritania Could Include Africa's First Offshore Wind Farm www.rechargenews.com An oil & gas developer has been granted exclusive rights to develop a green hydrogen project of up to 10GW in Mauritania that could inclu... #hydrogen #wind
Decarbon Daily - Green Hydrogen, Polestar, & Oil at $90? Prometheus Fuels is First Electrofuels Unicorn, Closes Series B prometheusfuels.com We’re excited to announce the close of our Series B funding round, with investment by Maersk, Metaplanet, and BMW. As a result of the rou... #sustainability-goals #transportation Oil Prices Continue Surge; Goldman Sachs Lifts Target to $90 a Barrel www.marketwatch.com Brent crude traded at a nearly three-year high Monday as oil prices continued to rally in the wake of disruptions to production in the Gu... #natural-gas N.Y. hydrogen, CCS Proposals Could Set National Precedent www.eenews.net New York is weighing a new program to build out emerging technologies like hydrogen and carbon capture, a development that puts the state... #hydrogen #carbon-capture U.S. DOE Announces $12m Boost to Geothermal Energy Research www.thinkgeoenergy.com Funding of $12 million has been announced for 6 universities and one national laboratory to help research projects to advance commerciali... #geothermal EV Maker Polestar Strikes $20-bln Deal with Gores Guggenheim SPAC www.reuters.com Swedish electric-car maker Polestar said on Monday it will go public by merging with a U.S.-listed blank-check firm backed by billionaire... #electric-vehicles Live Oak Crestview Climate Acquisition Corp. Announces Pricing of $200,000,000 Initial Public Offering www.prnewswire.com Live Oak Crestview Climate Acquisition Corp. (the "Company"), a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital... #sustainability-goals
Decarbon Daily - Commercial EVs, Bitcoin Mining, & Decarbonization Paths Natural Gas Shortages Threaten Governments’ Green Goals www.economist.com Yet another crucial global market has gone from glut to shortage at breakneck speed. Last September in Europe it cost €119 ($139) to buy ... #natural-gas #sustainability-goals Synfuel Plant Expansion will make it Largest CCUS Project to Store Captured Carbon Underground www.willistonherald.com When it comes to cracking the code on carbon capture, North Dakota’s Project Tundra is often mentioned. But, there is another project tha... #carbon-capture #emissions Mining Billionaire Spearheads Global Green Hydrogen Push www.bloomberg.com Iron ore billionaire Andrew Forrest and former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will spearhead a new global body to promote gre... #hydrogen Boral on Ambitious Pathway to Decarbonization www.agg-net.com Company sets global sector-leading emissions-reduction targets and commits to net zero. Boral have set the most ambitious emissions reduc... #construction #sustainability-goals Diesel, Decarbonization, and the Path Forward for Cummins www.fleetequipmentmag.com The trucking industry is moving toward greater decarbonization and taking its first steps into electrification that doesn’t depend on fos... #transportation #electric-vehicles #sustainability-goals For Carnival and the Cruise Industry, 'Total Focus' on Decarbonization: Arnold Donald www.seatrade-cruise.com We're totally focused as a company and an industry on getting to zero emissions,' Carnival Corp. & plc's Arnold Donald told the World Tra... #sustainability-goals
Decarbon Daily - Decarbonization Themes Part 4 Ara Partners Closes Second Fund With $1.1 Billion of Capital Commitments www.prnewswire.com Ara Partners ("Ara"), a private equity firm specializing in industrial decarbonization investments, today announced the closing of Ara Fu... #private-equity DuPont Announces Virtual Power Purchase Agreement for Renewable Energy www.dupont.com DuPont (NYSE: DD) today announced that it has signed a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resour... #sustainability-goals #wind SRP Signs Contract for its Largest Solar Power Plant in Arizona media.srpnet.com On the heels of announcing signed agreements for three new solar power plants in Arizona, SRP today announced its largest standalone sola... #sustainability-goals #solar Talen Energy Corporation and Cumulus Growth Secure $175 Million of Capital from Orion Energy Partners talenenergy.investorroom.com Talen Energy Corporation ("Talen") and its wholly-owned subsidiary Cumulus Growth Holdings LLC ("Cumulus Growth") announced today that th... #sustainability-goals
Decarbon Daily - A Primer on H2 Siemens Begins Work on 8.75MW Green Hydrogen Plant in Germany www.power-technology.com On Friday 9 July, Siemens held a ceremony to commemorate the start of construction at its Wunsiedel green hydrogen plant, a facility whic... #hydrogen #emissions Ørsted and US Gas Giant Williams to Explore Power-to-X Projects www.windpowermonthly.com Ørsted has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Oklahoma-based natural gas operator Williams to explore the potential for deve... #hydrogen #natural-gas Green Hydrogen and Carbon Prices xenetwork.org We’ve all heard about the potential of “green” hydrogen — hydrogen produced from carbon-free sources — to help decarbonize the ways we us... #hydrogen #sustainability-goals Gniewomir Flis - a Twitter thread on Hydrogen twitter.com Everything you wanted to know about the #hydrogen economy but were too busy to research. Part 2: International hydrogen markets could be ... #hydrogen Major Green Hydrogen Facility Planned for California www.gasworld.com Plans have been unveiled for what is believed to be the largest green hydrogen facility on the west coast of the US. Plug Power on Monday... #hydrogen #solar Ineos to Invest $1.4 billion in Blue Hydrogen Production at Grangemouth Refinery www.spglobal.com Ineos plans to produce and use low-carbon hydrogen at its Grangemouth refinery and petrochemical plant in Scotland, in combination with t... #hydrogen #emissions
Decarbon Daily - Shell Exits Permian, Generac, & Surge Shell signs agreement to sell Permian interest for $9.5 billion to ConocoPhillips www.shell.com Shell Enterprises LLC, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, has reached an agreement for the sale of its Permian business to ConocoPhil... #emissions Surge Battery Metals Acquires an 80% Option on the San Emidio Lithium Project finance.yahoo.com Surge Battery Metals Inc. is pleased to announce that it has entered into an option agreement with Lithium Corporation dated September 16... #sustainability-goals #natural-gas Generac to Acquire Tank Utility, Inc. media.generac.com Generac Holdings Inc. (NYSE: GNRC) (“Generac” or the “Company”), a leading global designer and manufacturer of energy technology solution... #energy-storage Dominion Energy acquires Virginia’s largest battery storage project www.smart-energy.com US utility Dominion Energy has acquired a 20MW/80MWh energy storage project from developer East Point Energy. Once operational in 2022, t... #energy-storage
Decarbon Daily - Sustainability Fund, EnerVenue, & Atlana AI EnerVenue Raises $100m to Accelerate Clean Energy Using Nickel Hydrogen Batteries techcrunch.com In order to support a buildout of renewable energy, which tends to over-generate electricity at certain times of day and under-generate a... #energy-storage DESRI Acquires 300-MW Solar Project with 150 MW Storage in New Mexico renewablesnow.com US renewable energy asset owner D E Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI) has completed the acquisition of the Arroyo project which combines... #solar #energy-storage 'Terawatts Mindset' as Lightsource BP Bags $1.8bn to Double Solar Growth Goal www.rechargenews.com Lightsource BP – the solar developer 50% owned by the oil supermajor – announced a more than doubling in growth ambitions. #solar Altana AI Raises $15M Series A Investment to Build the Single Source of Truth On the Global Supply Chain www.prnewswire.com Altana AI has secured $15 million in Series A funding, led by GV (formerly Google Ventures). Floating Point, Ridgeline Partners, and exis... #supply-chain America’s Next Hot Import Might Be Record Energy Prices www.wsj.com Today’s high energy prices could be a preview of coming attractions—a real horror movie if this winter is cold. Benchmark U.S. natural-ga... #natural-gas Big Money Flows into Long-duration Energy Storage www.greenbiz.com Long-duration energy storage — defined as a system that can store energy for more than 10 hours — is often called the Holy Grail of clean... #energy-storage
Decarbon Daily - CCS Projects, Emissions, & Climate Trace BloombergNEF, Schneider Electric Outline Steps Needed to Expand Rooftop Solar www.environmentalleader.com A joint report by research firm BloombergNEF and Schneider Electric entitled Realizing the Potential of Customer-Sited Solar found that 1... #solar PepsiCo to Reduce Plastic Use, Launch Plant-based Snacks in Green Push www.reuters.com PepsiCo (PEP.O) will cut back on the use of virgin plastic and expand its SodaStream carbonated-water business to more markets amid growi... #sustainability-goals #supply-chain Carbon Capture and Storage Gains Wide Industry Support in Houston www.prnewswire.com Eleven companies have expressed interest in supporting the large-scale deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology in Houst... #carbon-capture Climate Trace Launches Global Emission Monitoring for Radical Transparency www.climatetrace.org Climate Trace makes meaningful climate action faster and easier by harnessing technology to track greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions with unp... #emissions Carbon Emitters 'Failing to Disclose Climate Risks' www.bbc.com A lack of detail in financial reporting will dramatically reduce firms' chances of meeting global emissions targets, researchers have war... #emissions What’s Next for Natural Gas with Prices at Their Highest in over 7 Years www.marketwatch.com Natural-gas prices reached their highest levels in more than seven years thanks to a slow recovery in Gulf of Mexico production after an ... #natural-gas
Decarbon Daily - Decarbonization Themes Part 3 Emerging Climate Technology Framework www.cdp.net CDP’s model of disclosure, insight, and action drives the acceleration of solutions, and we have seen through our involvement with the SB... #sustainability-goals #venture-capital API Climate Action Framework www.api.org The challenge of meeting the world’s growing need for energy while simultaneously ushering in a lower-carbon future is massive, intertwin... #emissions #sustainability-goals EPA GHG Reduction Programs & Strategies www.epa.gov A wide range of strategies are available to help organizations reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Below are a list of resources... #emissions #policy Our World in Data: CO2 and Greenhouse Gas Emissions ourworldindata.org How are emissions changing in each country? Is your country making progress on reducing emissions? We built 207 country profiles which al... #data #emissions
Decarbon Daily - EVs, Mining, and Supply Chains EV Battery Prices Risk Reversing Downward Trend as Metals Surge www.bloomberg.com Electric vehicles are generally more expensive than gas vehicles today, mainly because the batteries they use are expensive. This is why ... #electric-vehicles #lithium The Major Problems Blocking America’s Electric Car Future www.linkedin.com Just a decade and a half ago, the then-CEO of General Motors Co. Rick Wagoner observed to Larry Burns, at the time GM’s head of research ... #electric-vehicles The Energy Transition in Mining newlab.com Mining companies around the globe have strengthened their corporate sustainability goals in recent months amid concerns to act on climate... #mining #emissions Miners Race for Nickel as Electric Car Revolution Looms www.ft.com In remote northern Ontario, hundreds of kilometers from the nearest railway or paved road, the world’s largest mining group and an Austra... #electric-vehicles #lithium Fuel for Thought: Energy Transition, Like Oil, Needs Strategic Reserves www.spglobal.com A military coup in West Africa has underscored the potential benefits of stockpiling critical and strategic metals essential for the ener... #sustainability-goals Electric Mine Consortium www.electricmine.com Electrification is key to the clean energy transformation of mine sites. The road to zero emissions requires the use of vehicles and mach... #mining
Decarbon Daily - Gulf Coast Hurricane + Low-carbon Investments U.S. Gulf Coast Energy Firms Face Another Hurricane Hit www.reuters.com Evacuations were underway on Monday from offshore U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil platforms as onshore oil refiners began preparing for rain and ... #supply-chain Road to COP: Hydrogen Comes Faster Than You Think shows.acast.com At this fall’s United Nations climate summit, world leaders will seek to take concrete steps to fight global warming. Green hydrogen coul... #hydrogen Chevron to Triple Low-carbon Investment www.wsj.com Chevron Corp. is tripling spending in its new low-carbon unit, which Chief Executive Mike Wirth said he increasingly sees as a viable bus... #hydrogen The Hollow Promise of Net-zero Carbon Pledges www.cnbc.com Countries and corporations around the globe are talking up their climate credentials, pledging to achieve “net-zero” carbon emissions or ... #clean-energy #sustainability-goals This Solar-powered Pavement Harvests Energy from Under Your Feet www.euronews.com A company in Hungary is making solar panels out of plastic waste - then using them as pavements. The Platio team says it can power buildi... #solar The Landfill Group and LS Power Announce Renewable Natural Gas Project in Greenville County greenvillejournal.com The Landfill Group and LS Power announced Sept. 9 that Enerdyne Power Systems, a landfill group company based in Charlotte, has started c... #renewable-natural-gas
Decarbon Daily - M&A Trends, Caterpillar, & Energy SPAC Caterpillar (CAT) Acquires CarbonPoint Solutions www.streetinsider.com Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) has acquired Enhanced Energy Group, Inc. operating as "CarbonPoint Solutions," a U.S.-based carbon capture t... #carbon-capture Novus Capital Acquires California Energy Storage Startup for $1+ Billion www.insideindianabusiness.com Indianapolis-based Novus Capital Corp. II (NYSE: NXU) has announced plans to acquire California-based startup Energy Vault Inc. in a deal... #clean-energy #energy-storage Briggs & Stratton acquires energy storage manufacturer SimpliPhi Power www.solarpowerworldonline.com Small engine and generator producer Briggs & Stratton has acquired SimpliPhi Power, a lithium-iron phosphate energy storage manufacturer.... #solar #energy-storage LG Energy Solution Acquires Former Market Leader NEC Energy Solutions www.energy-storage.news LG Energy Solution has acquired NEC Energy Solutions (NEC ES), the NEC Corporation subsidiary focused on energy storage which announced i... #clean-energy #energy-storage Talos Energy (TALO) Acquires CCS Project in Offshore Texas www.nasdaq.com Talos Energy Inc. TALO and partner Carbonvert Inc. have been awarded the lease on a carbon capture and storage (“CCS”) project on the Gul... #carbon-capture Energy SPAC Black Mountain Acquisition files for a $200 million IPO www.renaissancecapital.com Black Mountain Acquisition, a blank check company formed by the founder of the Black Mountain Entities, filed on Friday with the SEC to r... #clean-energy #mining
Decarbon Daily - $95M Awards, Solugen, and Walmart's $2B Green Bond Assessing the Relative Climate Impact of Carbon Utilization for Concrete, Chemical, and Mineral Production pubs.acs.org Estimates show that 6.2 gigatons of carbon dioxide (CO2) can be captured and utilized across three pathways, concrete, chemical, and mine... #carbon-capture Increasing the Efficiency of Chemical Reactions To Help Decarbonize Fuels and Chemicals scitechdaily.com Electrochemical reactions that are accelerated using catalysts lie at the heart of many processes for making and using fuels, chemicals, ... #research Founders Factory and G-Force Launch Seed Program for Climate Focused Startups techcrunch.com U.K. tech accelerator Founders Factory is joining forces with a European counterpart to launch the Founders Factory Sustainability Seed p... #sustainability-goals Solugen Raises Over $350 Million in Series C Funding Led by Baillie Gifford & GIC to Make Carbon Negative Chemicals www.prnewswire.com Today, Solugen, the company decarbonizing the chemicals industry, announced a Series C financing round of over $350 million. GIC and Bail... #venture-capital Walmart Secures $2 Billion Green Bond www.environmentalleader.com Walmart has priced the company’s first green bond, a $2 billion offering intended to advance its goal of achieving total renewable energy... #clean-energy #sustainability-goals Chevron, Caterpillar Announce Collaboration Agreement on Hydrogen www.chevron.com Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX), and Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) today announced a collaboration ag... #clean-energy
Decarbon Daily - Decarbonization Themes Part 2 EIA's Short Term Energy Outlook, Published Sept 8th www.eia.gov The September Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) remains subject to heightened levels of uncertainty related to the ongoing recovery from t... #research ExxonMobil Launches Certification Pilot with MiQ for Permian Natural Gas www.naturalgasintel.com ExxonMobil is wading into the certified natural gas game, partnering with nonprofit MiQ for natural gas produced at its Poker Lake, NM, f... #natural-gas Seneca Resources Signs on with Project Canary over Certified Natural Gas www.bizjournals.com Seneca, a division of National Fuel Gas Co. (NYSE: NFG), said it would certify as responsibly sourced gas, or RSG, about 300 million cubi... #natural-gas Chesapeake Acquiring Vine Energy in Bid to Capture RSG-LNG Export Synergy www.spglobal.com Chesapeake Energy struck a $2.2 billion deal to acquire Haynesville shale producer Vine Energy, consolidating its position in the Louisia... #natural-gas