HSE & Sustainability
Most people would agree that society’s first challenge is to shift the world toward a new energy paradigm based on technologies that do not contribute to climate change. But the cold evidence leaves little doubt that this transition is taking longer than we hoped. Consequently, the other challenge is that we need to actively reduce the emissions of the legacy assets t…
A new study from Oregon State University found that infants born within 3 km of oil and natural gas drilling facilities in Texas had slightly lower birthweights than those born before drilling began in their vicinity.
Remapping of conventional causes of accidents with human-factors guidelines highlighted consistent patterns in the causation of incidents where multiple human-factors criteria were formerly overlooked. This approach has led to changes in incident investigation, putting a focus on causes and providing efficient corrective actions to avoid the recurrence of incidents.
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California denied 21 oil drilling permits in July in the latest move toward ending hydraulic fracturing in a state that makes millions from the petroleum industry but is seeing widespread drought and more dangerous fire seasons linked to climate change. -
Leak detection and repair (LDAR) is essential in every upstream asset. This paper presents best practices and case studies about how LDAR can help to minimize methane emissions.
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The world’s largest emissions trading market will probably start slowly.
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Signed into law last month, the Texas Produced Water Consortium will be hosted by Texas Tech and bring together stakeholders, key experts, and industry to address produced water challenges.
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Shell signed a 5-year contract to supply PetroChina with carbon-neutral LNG using carbon credits to offset emissions from Shell’s own emission-reduction project portfolio.
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The year-long research project is aimed at proving the feasibility of reliable, space-based emissions monitoring.
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With a boom in offshore wind construction expected to start in 2025, Subsea 7 is dealing now to grab a larger share of this burgeoning sector.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a new law regulating carbon dioxide emissions as the country strives to fulfill promises to significantly reduce its carbon footprint by 2030.
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Of the more than 1,100 professionals questioned by DNV, nearly three-quarters said that the goals of the Paris Agreement will not be possible without a large-scale hydrogen economy and that infrastructure is a major challenge.
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The solution to solving the engagement enigma may be clearly demonstrated by the 4Cs—career, competence, care, and culture—which show that the key process to ensure engagement is the underlying synergy created by starting a career, acquiring competence, demonstrating care, and creating a transparent feedback culture throughout an organization by encouraging continual …
