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The optimization process presented in this paper gradually incorporates process control, digital twins, planning, scheduling, and blending for refiners.

In a 12-0 vote, the Los Angeles City Council approved an ordinance that will immediately ban new oil extraction and shut down existing operations within 20 years. The historic decision comes after years of complaints by residents about how pollution from nearby drilling has caused them health issues.

The Seaeye Falcon underwater robot is being used in the decommissioning and repurposing of an oil rig offshore Angola.

The new listing aims to prevent further loss of habitat for the flamboyant, stocky birds, which have drastically dwindled in population.

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Data from member companies reveals an increased intensity in greenhouse-gas emissions for 2021. And, while flaring increased, too, long-term trends on that practice are clearly moving downward.

Built to help scientists understand how dust affects climate, the Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation can also pinpoint emissions of the potent greenhouse gas.

Increasingly intense heat waves, wildfires, and droughts are forcing costly adaptations.

In the search for leaks, more oil and gas companies are making the argument that ground-based inspections cannot compete with aerial surveys.

Long recognized as a pillar of US energy production, deepwater Gulf of Mexico could help provide the resources the world needs during the energy transition.