Resources to Help Clear the Air

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Squirrels aren’t the only ones stocking up for winter. Every summer and fall, midstream tucks billions of cubic feet of natural gas underground and into old emptied gas fields, water-bearing rock formations, and salt caverns carved out by dissolving salt with water. It sits there quietly until temperatures drop, and everyone turns on the heat. That stored gas helps keep homes warm and power plants running when demand spikes overnight. Kind of a big deal for a hole in the ground.

What if one of America’s next power sources is heat that's produced from important things we're already doing? Factories, gas processing, and even the compressor stations that keep natural gas moving through pipelines all give off heat. Today, technology can capture that heat and turn it into electricity, with no extra fuel and no added emissions. Some pipeline compressor stations already do it, using the heat from their own turbines to generate clean power. The same is true of utilities operating combined cycle power plants. Same energy, used twice. That’s the kind of innovation happening across the midstream industry right now.

Boo! Midstream wins the best costume of the night, hiding in plain sight! Spot any other "midstream in disguise" examples tonight? Tell us what you caught.

Midnight struck… and the lights stayed on. The Dark Hour is just a legend, because midstream operators work around the clock to keep natural gas reliably flowing to every town. Happy Halloween!

The energy you use every day doesn’t move itself. The midstream industry employs more than 400,000 skilled workers — engineers, environmental managers, technicians, and more — with strong salaries and careers built on infrastructure that matters. Do you know someone working in midstream?

This Halloween, we are unmasking the real story on methane emissions. Reducing emissions isn’t a costume. It’s the job. Midstream monitors, reports and deploys infrared cameras, drones, and satellite detection to find and fix leaks in real time. And it’s working. Methane emissions from natural gas and petroleum systems dropped 19% since 1990, even as U.S. oil and gas production hit record highs. What do you want to know more about? Drop your question below.

Former Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe (D) shares why infrastructure matters: it’s foundational to everything. Listen to the full podcast for more.