Environment
Regulators pull from experiences in the oil and gas industry to define best stewardship practices for the nascent CCS industry.
A newly formed global coalition, Carbon Measures, aims to develop a ledger-based carbon accounting framework and champion market-based solutions to drive emissions reduction.
The freely accessible online platform is the latest in a series of maps designed to reveal the continent’s untapped geothermal potential.
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The money will aid the partnership of Equinor and Standard Lithium in constructing a processing plant, which, in its first phase, is targeted to produce 22,500 tonnes of lithium carbonate per year for use in battery production. -
DarkSky International, a global authority on light pollution reduction, applauded Franklin Mountain Energy for overhauling its lighting practices, which reduced the skyglow during the night.
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The analysis found that the decline in Permian Basin methane emissions equaled the annual carbon emissions avoided by every electric vehicle in the US.
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The funding, aimed to help small operators, builds on nearly 100 cross-government actions designed to sharply reduce methane pollution.
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The Interior Department has now approved more than 19 GW of offshore wind energy.
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The money from the Investing in America agenda will be used for plugging, remediating, and reclaiming orphaned oil and gas wells in national parks, national forests, and national wildlife refuges.
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The modular facility will process associated gas to produce electricity for up to 200,000 households in the Basra region.
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The decision invokes a 1953 law that will make it difficult for incoming US President Donald Trump to reverse.
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The oil and gas industry must balance global energy demands with stricter environmental regulations, particularly in drilling, where risks and complexities are higher. Innovative technologies, like those used in this stuck-pipe scenario offshore Azerbaijan, are key to overcoming these challenges and improving safety, speed, and efficiency.
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In this paper, a dynamic multiphase-flow simulator is used to evaluate the effectiveness and suitability of using a subsea capping stack to respond to a CO₂ well blowout.
