Environment
This guest editorial examines how the most commonly used and cited methane emissions metric can create a misleading picture of upstream gas-handling performance for both the public and industry professionals.
Spain has granted permits covering a swath of the mountain range to Mantle8 for natural hydrogen and helium exploration a month after France granted the company similar permits.
The US federal government is working to stymie offshore wind power, but proponents aren’t going quietly. Armed with data, they are taking on a sea of misinformation and hostility to defend the burgeoning resource in the US, while the rest of the world moves ahead briskly.
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Tellurian CEO Meg Gentle outlined how the US LNG market should address expected tight market conditions through 2025 while managing a transition to a carbon neutral environment. -
Discussed are real-world examples of the less often considered but valuable environmental benefits delivered via MPD.
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This paper describes studies that confirm that enzyme-based, environmentally preferable chemistries can be used to break polymers and mitigate H2S in various systems.
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On 13 August 2020, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced two final rules related to the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for the oil and natural gas industry.
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The International Association of Oil and Gas Producers has released the second edition of its “Environmental Management in the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry” report. For this edition, IPIECA, the oil and gas industry group focused on environmental and social concerns, has added its expertise.
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Using an underwater remotely operated vehicle, activists on board the Greenpeace ship Esperanza documented a large methane leak in the North Sea caused by a major blowout during an oil drilling operation 30 years ago.
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The area has a potential for up to 11.8 million bbl of recoverable oil reserves. The program aims to keep oil flowing in the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, which has seen dwindling throughput since 1988.
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The 10,000 mirrors arrayed around the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy plant are striking and seem to suggest the concept is on a path to efficient and reliable renewable energy. But, recently, the plant’s operator threw in the towel and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. So, what went wrong?
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Intertek announced the first certification awarded under its new CarbonClear independent upstream carbon intensity certification program. The certification was awarded to Lundin Energy for its Edvard Grieg field in the central North Sea.
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The complete paper describes the development of, and summarizes the major changes and additions to, the Environmental Management in the Oil and Gas Industry guide.
