HSE & Sustainability
The organization has published new procedures designed to provide the required safety level in transporting CO2 by pipelines and strengthen the development of carbon capture and storage projects.
President Joe Biden’s $2.3 trillion plan to transform America’s infrastructure includes $16 billion to plug old oil and gas wells and clean up abandoned mines.
The Japanese contractor received word in early April it would be temporarily banned from new competitive bidding.
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The major rule change adopted this month also gives oil and gas producers a deadline to capture 98% of their produced gas by 2026. -
The World Economic Forum’s Human Capital initiative has been implemented at Satbayev University in Kazakhstan for the past 2 years. This paper assesses the effectiveness of project components, such as industry guest lectures, summer internships, and program improvement, and provides lessons learned for human resources development.
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For oil and gas companies to remain in existence in the second half of the 21st century, they must find ways to dramatically reduce, if not eliminate, their output of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Artificial intelligence technology could provide one tool to help the energy industry accomplish that staggeringly difficult goal.
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Iraq, which is second only to Russia in terms of gas flaring, is nearing an agreement with Total to implement dual-energy megaprojects to capture that gas and wean the country away from sanctioned Iranian gas and electricity imports. Solar power will play a major role.
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The carbon tax endorsement was just one part of a broader plan the group said will be required to combat climate change.
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The duo also plan to develop and mature new technologies across the carbon-capture value chain.
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County commissioners halted permitting of oil and gas and "1041" land use applications until 15 April while county leaders work to revise regulations.
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Occidental Petroleum’s CEO Vicki Hollub said she plans to transform her oil and gas business into a carbon management company and to break ground next year on a direct air capture facility that will suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere in the Permian Basin, the country’s most prolific oil field.
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The NeoLith pilot plant is on track to begin operations before the end of the year.
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A new white paper reports that Houston is better poised than anywhere else in the US to play a far more significant role in reducing emissions from industrial sources.
