Environment
This study aims to systematically assess casing integrity and corrosion risks associated with CO2 injection in oil-recovery operations.
The US federal government is working to stymie offshore wind power, but proponents aren’t going quietly. Armed with data, they are taking on a sea of misinformation and hostility to defend the burgeoning resource in the US, while the rest of the world moves ahead briskly.
This paper reviews a proof-of-concept project in which surplus casing pipes were used in the fabrication of purposefully designed artificial reef structures for the enhancement of biodiversity and commercial fisheries.
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The French oil and gas major announced that it plans to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 for its global business across production and including energy products used by its customers. -
A 3-year study of air quality, soils, groundwater, and waterways found few to no effects as a result of hydraulic fracturing operations in Surat Basin coal seam formations.
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The Louisiana agency overseeing oil and gas drilling has seen a 50% increase in orphaned wells the state must pay to plug because they’ve been abandoned by their operators, according to a new audit by the Louisiana Legislative Auditor’s Office.
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Enough gas to supply 7 million homes is leaking into the atmosphere above oil fields in Texas and New Mexico, the largest plume of climate-change-driving methane pollution ever recorded over a US oil field, a new study from Harvard University and Environmental Defense Fund shows.
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Earth Day this year, 22 April, marked 50 years of raising global awareness for the challenges faced by the planet and the life it supports. IPIECA, the oil and gas industry association for advancing environmental and social performance, has been addressing climate issues for more than 30 years.
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The court ruling comes less than a month after TC Energy announced plans to proceed with construction of the Keystone Pipeline.
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On 20 April 2010, a blowout on the Deepwater Horizon, drilling at the Macondo prospect in the Gulf of Mexico, killed 11 crew and caused a major oil spill. The accident and spill forever changed the industry.
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A preliminary estimate from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration finds that levels of atmospheric methane, a potent heat-trapping gas, have hit an all-time high.
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As studies point to increased emissions, ExxonMobil is stepping up efforts to detect and mitigate methane release.
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The county commissioners approved regulations for new oil and gas facilities in the county that match or exceed state rules.
