HSE & Sustainability
For today’s oil and gas companies, digital twins offer untapped potential to decarbonize the leading source of their emissions—field production.
Achieving Safety at Sea—The Safety Programs of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission
The aim of this paper is to discuss the various safety programs adopted by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission to reduce accidents in swamp and offshore areas, in which the bulk of the oil and gas operations occur.
The French company inked agreements at COP28 to share its newly developed CO2 and methane detection platform with NOCs in Brazil, Angola, and Azerbaijan.
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The rule targets emissions from existing oil and gas wells nationwide, rather than focusing only on new wells, as previous EPA regulations have done. -
With funding from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, the Argonne National Laboratory will explore using a method known for analyzing nuclear systems to enhance safety in offshore oil and gas operations in the Gulf of Mexico.
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The current report presents data reported by 30 IOGP member companies for 2022.
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This paper describes a method to manage high-salinity produced water in an environmentally sustainable way by extracting potable water and reducing discharge water volume by at least 50%.
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This paper presents the evaluation results of a water-shutoff agent based on an emulsion-type chemical material with nanoparticles.
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This paper discusses housing pulverized blades mixed with Portland cement in wells considered for plugging and abandonment.
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This study compares, in a carbon capture and storage (CCS) context, the economics of a traditional business model vs. an alternative business model (a regional CCS hub separately managed by a special-purpose vehicle).
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The authors of this paper discuss the use of dissolved polystyrene waste for the preparation of nanomembranes for separation of hydrocarbon pollutants from wastewater streams.
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This paper discusses the importance of modular refineries and their effects on the availability of petroleum products in Nigeria.
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Industrialization typically carries the blame for causing the water crisis across the continents, but it also creates and shepherds the innovation and introduction of a plethora of technologies and tools that enable intelligent use of water, intuitive approaches to conserve it, and implementable practices that preserve the watershed and prolong the life of aquifers.
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