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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The Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine announced the grant awards for eight projects focused on strengthening safety culture in the offshore oil and gas industry. -
Subsea 7 and Eidesvik Offshore have been awarded the 2019 Environmental Sustainability Award from the International Marine Contractors Association in recognition of their efforts to reduce vessel emissions and improve energy efficiency.
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Safety analytics derived from virtual-reality data can quantify workers’ ability to sense physical hazards and be used to achieve a safer workplace and generative safety culture.
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In an effort to prove oil and gas developments are not as big a contributor to the Front Range’s diminishing air quality, Crestone Peak Resources announced it will install air quality monitors at all of its horizontal hydraulic fracturing sites throughout the state.
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SPE’s 2020 International Conference and Exhibition on Health, Safety, Environment, and Sustainability is scheduled for 17–19 March in Bogotá, Colombia. In this video, SPE Technical Director Johana Dunlop explains why all HSE and sustainability practitioners should try to attend.
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The companies will focus on research and development to reduce CO2 emissions and promote the circular economy.
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The company said its goals underscore its strong environmental, social, and governance performance as it responds to rising global energy demand. In addition, it said, the goals are aligned with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals.
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The international Ocean Renewable Energy Action Coalition, spearheaded by Ørsted and Equinor, has been formed to advance sustainable deployment of ocean-based renewable energy and mitigate the harmful effects of climate change.
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As the pressure to act on climate change builds, the industry should consider a range of options.
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Oil and gas industry expansions could add as much greenhouse gas pollution as the equivalent of 50 coal plants by 2025—with much of that increase coming from Texas and Louisiana—at a time when pressure to slow down global warming rises, a new report found.
