A joint webinar conducted by the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and the Society of Petroleum Engineers addressed the role of human factors in automation in the oil and gas industry.
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Proposed energy projects needing US federal permits will come under increased scrutiny related to the scope and magnitude of potential emissions. -
ADNOC lays out a $15-billion installment in its long-term plan to reduce its carbon footprint.
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Denbury acquires carbon-storage land in the South, Baker Hughes forms a new wells consortium, and Chevron and BP expand their investments. Hydrogen takes center stage across the globe, while the international energy transition makes strides toward its goals.
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The first step to ensuring the safety of oil and gas workers is to have a comprehensive safety program in place. This includes frequent employee training, detailed equipment inspections, and detailed safety procedures everyone follows. -
This device lets workers in noisy and windy environments hear through their bones without removing ear protection. -
A recently published study connects risky driving to long work hours, lengthy commutes, and insufficient sleep. -
Ryan Sloan, safety manager for Birchcliff Energy, explains how two separate tragedies spur him on to change the way workers think.
Spending on low-carbon projects will increase by $60 billion this year, 10% higher than 2022, led by wind developments but helped by a significant rise in funding for hydrogen and carbon capture, utilization and storage infrastructure, Rystad Energy research shows.
The past year has been a challenging one for companies on the ESG front. Overlapping environmental, social, and political crises—from flooding and wildfires to the first war in Europe in 80 years—have made the jobs of leaders that much harder.
The sites with the most CO2 emissions to capture are often far from the best rock to sequester it, leading to design projects for transport ships.
The two companies said they will work together to try to find the best places to develop geothermal energy and advance the necessary technologies to commercial scale.
Andy Wood, subsurface manager at CeraPhi Energy, shares the latest developments in the geothermal energy industry and how young professionals can make a difference in the industry.
The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative says its members’ absolute upstream methane emissions were down 40% since 2017. That’s equivalent to taking more than 3 million cars off the road for a year.
In a move seen as part of BP's shift away from fossil fuels, the company said it may stop releasing its Statistical Review of World Energy, which it first published in 1952.
The UK-based supermajor is taking over Nature Energy, a company that specializes in turning manure and food waste into “CO2-neutral” natural gas.
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Although 2022 did not match 2021’s record of over 19.5 GW of online capacity, 2022 witnessed the second highest amount of global online capacity with almost 8.5 GW. Final investment decisions (FIDs) were taken on over 11.5 GW of projects, making it the fourth highest year for FIDs. -
The University of Texas at Austin will be home to a multidisciplinary research and education initiative, the Energy Emissions Modeling and Data Lab, which aims to address the growing need for accurate, timely, and clear accounting of greenhouse-gas emissions across global oil and natural gas supply chains. -
Satellite imaging of methane emissions offers the fossil fuel industry the empirical data it needs to fix problems that companies might not even know they have before the EPA starts to levy fines in 2024. -
Roughly 190 nations, aiming to halt a dangerous decline in biodiversity, agreed to preserve 30% of the planet’s land and seas. The United States is not officially a participant.
