HSE & Sustainability
SPE Journal is seeking submissions for a special issue on sustainable enhanced oil recovery (EOR), highlighting innovations that boost oil recovery while reducing CO2 emissions and environmental impact. The Call for Papers opens on 15 October 2026.
This paper identifies opportunities and risks associated with repurposing an offshore oil and gas platform for green hydrogen production. Various technical scenarios were investigated for the case study platform, and their profitability was determined using economic calculations. In addition, all the submodels were compared with standard decommissioning costs for reco…
This paper presents an approach for safe, efficient, and cost-effective legacy well reabandonment.
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The room for error and cost overruns just got a lot smaller with the escalating need to make operations more efficient and leaner with fewer resources and investors continuing to prioritize ESG alongside profitability. -
AltaML has announced a partnership with engineering and design firm Kleinfelder in which the two companies will pair 3D reality scans of facilities with artificial intelligence to look for potential problems and risks.
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A 3-year study of air quality, soils, groundwater, and waterways found few to no effects as a result of hydraulic fracturing operations in Surat Basin coal seam formations.
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28 April is Workers’ Memorial Day, an international day of remembrance for the colleagues, family, and friends who have lost their lives while performing their jobs. It is also a day to take stock of where we stand on health and safety in the workplace.
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The Louisiana agency overseeing oil and gas drilling has seen a 50% increase in orphaned wells the state must pay to plug because they’ve been abandoned by their operators, according to a new audit by the Louisiana Legislative Auditor’s Office.
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Enough gas to supply 7 million homes is leaking into the atmosphere above oil fields in Texas and New Mexico, the largest plume of climate-change-driving methane pollution ever recorded over a US oil field, a new study from Harvard University and Environmental Defense Fund shows.
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This paper describes the trends and learnings from data received by the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers and provides an update on the upstream industry safety performance from the last 7 years of data collected.
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Oil and Gas UK confirmed it is supporting the roll-out of a special protective face covering designed for workers traveling by helicopter to offshore installations in the UK continental shelf.
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Earth Day this year, 22 April, marked 50 years of raising global awareness for the challenges faced by the planet and the life it supports. IPIECA, the oil and gas industry association for advancing environmental and social performance, has been addressing climate issues for more than 30 years.
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Cutbacks in oil and gas production and drilling and completions will result in a decrease in produced water and will also lead to a reduction in water infrastructure investment.
