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…
The solvent-based technology involves a modular treatment process that uses a proprietary catalyst designed to safely and sustainably remove hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) from sour gas streams using either produced water or an alkaline water as the treating media.
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The Mental Health Commission of Canada explains the effect of employees’ daily experience on mental health in new white paper. -
The new ordinance affects oil and gas operations and is likely to be challenged in court.
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One of the more difficult hurdles to overcome when developing a safety leadership culture is getting front-line employees to understand the full weight of their role in stop-work authority.
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This paper aims to evaluate the applicability of input/output analysis to local content management as a tool to assess the relationship between the Brazilian government’s local content policy and social and economic effects of investment projects in the oil and gas and shipbuilding industry.
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The US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement’s SafeOCS program has released its 2017 annual report on Blowout Prevention System Safety, noting 18 of 25 operators associated with rig operations in the Gulf of Mexico reported 1,129 equipment component failure events.
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The memorandum of understanding signed by Eni and the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy, and Sustainable Economic Development involves strategic areas of interest: the circular economy, renewable energy sources, decarbonization, and environmental protection.
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In 2015 and 2016, the Health and Safety Working Group of the North Sea Offshore Authorities Forum discussed common challenges for the oil and gas industry. The challenges related to maintaining and operating aging installations in a low-oil-price environment was selected as a topic for further work.
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The construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline sparked a broad, clamorous online debate on social media platforms. But was there a communications gap between the opponents and proponents of the pipeline on Twitter?
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The change at the top of the Environmental Protection Agency won’t mean a dramatic shift in policy. If anything, President Donald Trump’s EPA could become even more effective at undoing Obama-era environmental policies under its new boss.
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SPE is presenting a workshop to further understanding of HSE in drilling operations and sharpen knowledge of industry best practices.
