HSE & Sustainability
Four former gas-producing wells have been converted into injection wells and are now preparing to receive carbon dioxide for storage.
The US Environmental Protection Agency withdraws its legal basis for federal vehicle GHG standards, setting up potential court challenges.
A DNV report on decarbonization says the Middle East and North Africa region is expected to become the world’s largest hydrogen exporter by 2060 while maintaining a dominant position in global oil and gas markets.
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Shell has awarded consulting company Atkins with a 5-year framework agreement to provide general and specialist technical safety and human factors engineering services to support Shell’s global projects and assets. -
A US district court judge rejected a request for a temporary restraining order that would have halted the $2 billion natural gas Permian Highway Pipeline, which is being built through the habitat of the golden-cheeked warbler, an endangered songbird.
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North Sea operators BP, Shell, and Total have begun an effort to fuel their platforms using sustainable power sources through a connection with Norway’s onshore power grid, which is driven almost wholly by renewable energy.
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BP says it is firmly committed to achieving the ambitious target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions over the next 30 years—even if that means producing less oil and gas.
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In the US Energy Information Administration’s Annual Energy Outlook 2020 reference case, which assumes no new laws and regulations, US energy-related carbon dioxide emissions decrease through the early 2030s before increasing to 4.9 billion metric tons in 2050.
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President Trump’s limited references to the environment in his State of the Union address included a plan to combat climate change with trees and a claim that his “bold regulatory reduction campaign” had boosted the oil and gas industry.
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OSHA requires construction and manufacturing businesses, among others, to complete and regularly update paperwork related to workplace safety. Do you know your company’s OSHA recordkeeping obligations?
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The aim of the new site is to report the positive stories about how our industry is having a beneficial impact on people’s lives.
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The Bureau of Land Management may stop studying how its long-term blueprints for millions of acres of public lands would affect the environment.
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The fatality rate for oil and gas workers is seven times higher than other industries, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
