HSE & Sustainability
This research aims to harness the advanced capabilities of artificial intelligence, specifically deep learning and large language models, to develop a comprehensive system for detecting and explaining oil spills.
The International Energy Agency cited a wave of cancellations and persistent challenges for dropping its projection for annual production of low-emissions hydrogen by 2030 from 49 mtpa to 37 mtpa.
In a study that applied alternative carbon carrier technology to enhanced oil recovery (EOR) scenarios, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin found that the new method recovered up to 19.5% more oil and stored up to 17.5% more carbon than conventional EOR methods.
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Wood Mackenzie’s latest analysis asserts that sustainability and resilience will be at the heart of the oil and gas industry story in 2021. -
Total’s acquisition of 20% of Adani Green Energy adds to the supermajor’s global solar portfolio and advances its objective of reaching 35 GW of gross production capacity from renewable sources by 2025.
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Shell and Tomson Technologies completed field trials in the Gulf of Mexico using new nanoparticle-enabled phosphonate and polymer inhibitors that improve the treatment lifetime of scale squeezes.
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The partnership aims to speed up the decarbonization of seven global industries representing 30% of global emissions, which include steel, trucking, shipping, chemicals, cement, aluminum, and aviation.
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DNV GL awarded Heerema Marine Contractors Statements of Feasibility for two concepts designed to reduce the noise of offshore structure installation.
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Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group and the European Space Agency have signed a memorandum of intent to analyze, develop, and implement space-enabled technology and services to support the renewable energy sector.
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Petronas and PTTEP executives spoke at a virtual symposium about their companies’ commitments to reduce carbon and their work toward a sustainable energy future.
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The FERC requested that “a subset of the energy workforce … specifically, highly trained electrical field workers, power plant operators, transmission and distribution grid operators, and personnel who procure the energy needed to balance the grid” be moved up on the vaccine list.
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NJ Ayuk, the executive chairman of the African Energy Chamber, writes that the chamber stands ready to assist and that, to develop a long-lasting solution, leaders should think about the kinds of things that make an area ripe for insurrection.
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US taxpayers, investors, and the American energy sector applaud long-awaited, final regulations on the CCS tax credit. The final rules provide needed clarity on how to qualify for and use the credit.
