Environment
The urgency of methane emissions reduction in the oil and gas sector demands a strategic approach to change management. Success hinges on fostering a shift in industry mindset, where emissions reduction is embedded into operational design and decision-making rather than seen as a regulatory burden.
A revised biological opinion determined that the endangered species could go extinct without new precautionary measures.
The two companies said they will evaluate the possibility of a joint venture to develop a direct air capture hub in South Texas, with XRG considering investing up to $500 million.
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The facility will be a commercial-scale CO2 sequestration hub in the DJ Basin. -
The new 165-MW facility uses flare gas from the adjacent Sarqala field to generate power for local use.
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EDF and Carbon Mapper find more than two dozen facilities producing the same near-term climate pollution as about 500,000 passenger vehicles.
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Subsidies lapse while others take hold in a bid to bolster offshore wind energy capacity around the globe.
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Equinor will use the semisubmersible rig Transocean Enabler, which is already under contract, for the work planned for later this year.
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Gas processor Lucid Energy is moving forward with a plan to inject a mix of carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide deep below New Mexico’s portion of the Permian Basin. The project is designed to keep injecting for 30 years.
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The European Commission is expected to allow investments flowing into natural gas and nuclear energy projects to be considered as “green” investments, assuming certain criteria are met. Germany and France, however, differ in their approaches to renewables. While Germany has abandoned nuclear power in favor of natural gas, France continues to rely on nuclear.
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Moving the needle with the urgency required to deliver on the Global Methane Pledge announced at COP26 requires us to “lean in” to cut methane emissions that are fully within our control across our operations.
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While uncertainties remain for the coming year, there is also optimism for the upstream industry, a welcome prospect following two sharp downcycles in less than 6 years.
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This paper presents the challenges and results of performing offshore drilling-waste management in a highly environmentally sensitive marine environment and UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve offshore Abu Dhabi. The solution required both thermal-treatment technology and cuttings-reinjection technology and became the world’s first single-source operation for this equipmen…
