Environment
The Norwegian Ministry of Energy has approved the Phase 2 expansion, which is expected to increase carbon dioxide storage capacity from 1.5 million tonnes to 5 million tonnes.
DNV’s carbon capture and storage outlook forecasts a massive shortfall in the projects necessary to help the world reach net-zero emissions by 2050.
Buoy-based camera footage, analyzed by artificial intelligence, can help reduce the risk of birds colliding with offshore wind farm turbines.
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A new survey of international experts has seen a swing of opinion away from mandatory removal of obsolete offshore infrastructure, reflecting an acknowledgment that offshore structures often develop into artificial reefs and form a part of the ecosystem around them. -
Norway has invited companies to submit bids to use subsea reservoirs to store carbon dioxide near the country’s largest oil and gas field, Troll.
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Improved understanding of the coupled natural/human coastal system will help promote resilience of coastal communities and ecosystems under rapidly changing environmental conditions, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
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The lawsuit is the first by a state seeking to hold oil companies responsible for costs associated with climate change and followed similar cases by several local governments nationally.
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The Environmental Defense Fund revealed a new “find and fix” virtual-reality experience, the Methane CH4llenge simulation, which takes users into a digitally simulated wellsite to show the ease and efficiency of controlling key sources of methane emissions.
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The world is facing the twin challenge of growing power supply and reducing emissions to meet climate change targets. Energy companies see gas doing double duty: It has half the carbon emissions of coal when used in power generation, is abundant, and is relatively inexpensive.
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This paper highlights a pragmatic approach to managing carbon emissions from offshore installations operating on the UK Continental Shelf, while maintaining competitiveness and maximizing economic recovery, by illustrating the key challenges and opportunities.
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Natural gas, long promoted as a “clean” alternative to other fossil fuels, may not be so clean after all. That’s because its main ingredient, the potent greenhouse gas methane, has been leaking from oil and gas facilities at far higher rates than governmental regulators claim.
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Cleaner fuel—significantly cleaner—is coming to many Utah gas stations along the Wasatch Front, which will help reduce pollutants in motor vehicle emissions.
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A California federal court dismissed climate change lawsuits against five oil companies by the cities of San Francisco and Oakland, saying the complaints required foreign and domestic policy decisions that were outside the purview of courts, Chevron said on 25 June.
