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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In a new TEDx Talk, Scott Tinker, director of the Bureau of Economic Geology, explains the energy-environment challenge facing a world in transition. -
As climate change threatens reefs with bleaching, Danish energy company Ørsted is looking at growing noninvasive coral on offshore wind turbine foundations.
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ExxonMobil has won an independent certification level for managing methane emissions in its New Mexico shale operations and is the first company to meet the standard for associated gas.
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The Biden administration reversed a Trump administration plan that would have allowed the government to lease more than two-thirds of the country’s largest swath of public land to oil and gas drilling.
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The US oil and gas company said it signed a letter of intent with the US midstream operator to explore commercializing a CO2 transportation and storage network.
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A rule finalized by the White House will require agencies to assess the climate impact of roads, pipelines, and other infrastructure.
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Gas flaring, which accounts for 30% of carbon emissions from fossil-fuel operations, dropped globally to a 10-year low in 2021, but questions remain whether 2022 will see a rebound as the industry reboots in a post-COVID-19 world with oil and gas supplies tightening.
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I was arrogant and selfish to dismiss an entire collegial branch of science. After so many years learning and living within the petroleum industry, I decided I should give climatology a fairer hearing.
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ExxonMobil has initiated front-end engineering design studies to determine the feasibility of developing a South East Australia carbon capture and storage hub in the Bass Strait, where some of Australia’s oldest offshore oil and gas fields are to be decommissioned.
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MIT scientists hope to deploy a fleet of drones to get a better sense of how much carbon the ocean is absorbing and how much more it can take.
