HSE & Sustainability
While Uzbekistan has seen a significant drop in flaring, methane leaks from deteriorating infrastructure continue to reveal themselves to satellites in space.
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.
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While implemented with the best intentions, most HSE programs bring an element of administrative burden. In 2017, Dyno Nobel examined how to remove or modify programs to be less of a burden without increasing risk. Just like in Jenga, the blocks must be moved without destabilizing the structure. -
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Through a combination of reducing operational emissions and offsetting projects, the shale-gas producer has set a new benchmark for its sector.
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The International Association of Oil and Gas Producers has released the second edition of its “Environmental Management in the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry” report. For this edition, IPIECA, the oil and gas industry group focused on environmental and social concerns, has added its expertise.
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Using an underwater remotely operated vehicle, activists on board the Greenpeace ship Esperanza documented a large methane leak in the North Sea caused by a major blowout during an oil drilling operation 30 years ago.
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Oxy Low Carbon Ventures and Rusheen Capital Management have formed a development company to finance the world’s largest carbon-dioxide-capturing facility using Carbon Engineering’s direct air capture technology.
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The area has a potential for up to 11.8 million bbl of recoverable oil reserves. The program aims to keep oil flowing in the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, which has seen dwindling throughput since 1988.
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The International Association of Oil and Gas Producers has released three new reports in its series of land transportation recommended practices.
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There has been an increased number of major accidents at industrial facilities globally as many have come back online post-lockdown.
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The mostly low-income, Latino residents of Arvin have joined with other communities to demand setbacks for wells.
