HSE & Sustainability
The department announced it plans to combine the Bureau of Offshore Energy Management and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement into the Marine Minerals Administration.
While some idle wells may be brought back into production, many will be plugged and abandoned. This paper considers repurposing certain idle oil and gas wells by using their empty steel casing for the disposal of nuclear waste.
This article from the SPE Methane Technical Section looks at how, as methane regulation becomes more consequential in global oil and gas trade, operators increasingly need emissions data that can withstand commercial scrutiny, regulatory review, and independent verification.
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The company says it is planning eight large ocean-going container vessels that can run on methanol, with the first being announced in 2024. -
A fire at Ku-Maloob-Zaap killed five and sidelined more than 400,000 BOPD.
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China will launch renewables-to-hydrogen projects in Inner Mongolia this autumn intended to transform the coal-bearing region into a renewables hub.
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With the purchase of AEP, China’s largest clean energy group will extend its renewable energy business into Middle East and North African markets.
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The company announced the inauguration of the 300-MW first stage of the 900-MW Shuaa Energy 3 PSC, which is the fifth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park in Dubai. Once fully operational, the park will be the largest single-site solar park in the world based on an independent power producer model, with a planned production capacity of 5,000 MW.
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Search for the missing workers continues as the Mexican state oil company investigates the cause of this latest blaze.
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This years’ Offshore Technology Conference is full of people working on ways to diversify away from just oil and gas.
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This paper examines potential new options for the petroleum sector to contribute to emission reductions and the climate debate.
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Broad consensus is forming on the need for a massive expansion in global carbon capture and storage (CCS) capacity. But what are the uncertainties, bottlenecks, and opportunities in the subsurface that await CCS planners?
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A subsidiary-owned pipeline near Marmon, North Dakota, spilled more than 700,000 bbl of produced water over a period of almost 5 months in 2014–2015.
