Environment
The storage permits, the first of their kind, allow the Stratos facility to move forward with plans to capture and store up to 500,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year.
This article describes a technology combining a compression unit with a flexible line to offer a flaring alternative for transferring hydrocarbons.
This paper describes a deep-learning image-processing model that uses videos captured by a specialized optical gas-imaging camera to detect natural gas leaks.
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A recent Rystad analysis suggests well spending is set to increase from an expected $1 billion in 2021 to $3 billion in 2026. -
As COP26 looms, the International Energy Agency says governments must send an “unmistakable signal” about clean energy ambition and action if the world wants to avoid the worst effects of climate change.
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The company announced plans to use a new technology to replace the pneumatic systems that are powered by and also vent a substantial volume of methane at its Barnett Shale operating area in north Texas.
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The White House took the first step to restore federal regulations guiding environmental reviews of major infrastructure projects such as highways and pipelines, which were scaled back by the Trump administration that sought to fast-track them.
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The investigation and cleanup of the oil spill, originating from a rupture in an Amplify Energy pipeline in the Beta field, is ongoing.
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Decarbonization has become the catch-all term for climate action. But, while carbon dioxide is the biggest contributor to global warming, the case for tough action against methane emissions, known as "demethanization," is literally becoming clearer by the day.
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In a move with potential implications for oil, natural gas, and electric infrastructure, the US Interior Department said on 29 September that it will tighten restrictions protecting migrating birds earlier weakened by the Trump administration.
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Two Houston-based blockchain technology companies—Data Gumbo and Topl—are collaborating to help corporations report timely and accurate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data, including performance and proof of progress on metrics, while protecting sensitive data.
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As the Texas Railroad Commission shortens the flaring window for a Permian well, a commissioner says alternatives should be sought to avoid waste.
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The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative has reduced its collective upstream methane and carbon intensity targets for 2025. Together, the revisions to these targets would bring an additional reduction of around 50 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year.
