Environment
The Absheron gas field expansion will supply additional natural gas to Azerbaijan’s domestic market and support its export commitments to Turkey, allowing Baku to stay focused on meeting its gas export obligations to Europe.
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.
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Republicans have been raising concerns for weeks about a possible administration clampdown on natural gas exports. Now that it’s official, expect the congressional pushback to intensify. -
The Bureau of Land Management has released its final Eastern Colorado Resource Management Plan, which keeps most acres open to oil and gas leasing.
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The funding comes from the Investing in America agenda with the goal of addressing legacy pollution.
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Thailand’s national petroleum exploration and production company plans to team with Japanese oil and gas company INPEX to study the feasibility of a carbon storage hub in the northern Gulf of Thailand.
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Researchers at Texas A&M University have developed a method of refining "liquid gold" for valuable critical minerals using what many consider traditional waste products: produced water and carbon dioxide.
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The project aims to store 5 million tons of CO₂ annually, equivalent to a third of the total CO2 emissions from Dutch domestic vehicles in 1 year.
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This paper discusses housing pulverized blades mixed with Portland cement in wells considered for plugging and abandonment.
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As the vessel moves toward a shipyard to be dismantled, the company said it wants to become a global reference in decommissioning, focusing on sustainability, safety, and care for people and the environment.
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The International Energy Agency recently said the oil and gas industry is spending far too little on clean energy technologies.
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Nature-based solutions, such as constructed wetlands, have gained increasing interest over the past decade as a sustainable option for wastewater treatment in the domestic, industrial, and oil and gas sectors, with a growing number of examples now existing throughout the UAE, Oman, and other oil-producing regions.
