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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Wood Mackenzie expects the ongoing outbreak and disruption to the world’s second largest economy to be a one-off event, yet it could remove at least 500,000 B/D of crude demand in the short term. -
Layne Water Midstream has amended its agreement with the Texas General Land Office to gain exclusive right for reuse and disposal of produced water in the Delaware Basin.
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While renewable energy sources are poised to see major growth, possibly displacing natural gas as the top source of electricity in the US, hydrocarbon production will remain above or near current historical highs until at least 2050.
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A partnership between academic researchers and two energy companies will build new evidence-based tools to enhance safety by examining whether simple exercises designed to increase mindfulness can reduce the risks.
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The Swedish oil and gas producer is aiming to produce 200,000 B/D while offsetting the entirety of its carbon footprint.
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The Trump administration has finalized a rule to strip away environmental protections for streams, wetlands, and groundwater, handing a victory to farmers, fossil fuel producers, and real estate developers who said Obama-era rules had shackled them with onerous and unnecessary burdens.
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A mobile exhibit highlighting the risks and dangers of human trafficking in the oil and gas industry is part of an increased effort by the industry to combat human trafficking, a euphemism for modern-day slavery of forced labor and prostitution.
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Deirdre Michie, chief executive for OGUK, and David Clark, Lloyd’s Register’s energy director, discuss how OGUK’s Roadmap 2035 is being delivered to help achieve net zero greenhouse-gas emissions and what is required with regard to policy, people, and technology.
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Two years ago, an oil well near a small Oklahoma town exploded into a fireball that swept through a drilling rig, killing five in an accident deemed a needless catastrophe by investigators and casting a short-lived spotlight on a lack of regulation and oversight across the oil and gas industry.
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GHGSat announced a new service for visualizing greenhouse-gas emissions. The interactive online resource will be freely available and will be formally launched during COP26 in November.
