Environment
With millions of wells having been drilled in the US since the beginning of the oil age, the land is pocked with old, unused wellbores. For most, repurposing is a pipe dream. Plugging is the best option.
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.
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A health study commissioned by Pennsylvania environmental officials examined the practice of spreading waste water on rural dirt roads in the state. Researchers concluded that the practice doesn’t control dust effectively and poses dangers to the environment and human health. -
One of the world’s largest sustainable development agencies has worked with energy companies to quash opposition and keep oil flowing, even in sensitive areas.
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The Russian gas company announced that it will use locally source unmanned aerial vehicles to inspect its facilities and pipelines in the Yurkharovskoye field.
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The groups and states want the Ninth Circuit to restore rules that changed how agencies classify endangered or threatened species and their habitats under the Endangered Species Act.
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The supplemental environmental impact statement offers multiple ways forward for the stalled project.
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Neptune Energy, ExxonMobil, Rosewood, and EBN have agreed to cooperate on the L10 Carbon Capture and Storage project in the Dutch North Sea.
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Although energy efficiency has long been mentioned as a means toward achieving Paris Agreement goals, the “more exciting” announcements about carbon capture and storage grabbed attention. Will concerns about energy security and high prices help bring it to the forefront?
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A study of a limited number of decommissioned oil and gas wells in England found no evidence of methane leaks, including four wells found to be leaking in an earlier study.
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The Mammoth project follows the company’s proven Orca model but will scale up the CO2 capture capacity to 36,000 tons per year.
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The deal with Manulife gives Oxy unit 1PointFive access to 27,000 acres of subsurface pore space for carbon sequestration.
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