HSE & Sustainability
The Pawnee Carbon Sequestration Project, which would use a repurposed well, is planned to capture and store up to 400,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide, with first injection targeted for early 2027.
DNV notes that energy and industrial process-related carbon emissions will have dropped by 2050 by only 44% from today’s level, not even halfway to the net-zero pledge envisioned by the Paris climate agreement.
SPE's new Asset Integrity Technical Section brings together industry experts to advance best practices in reliability engineering, asset integrity, risk reduction, and infrastructure performance. The global community will focus on the safe, reliable, and sustainable operation of energy assets across both traditional and emerging energy sectors.
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In this case study analysis of the oil and gas sector, the authors assess the important leadership and support role that occupational health can play in managing stress and psychosocial risk, especially because this is an industry where the focus is more commonly on physical risk and health and safety. -
Acknowledging the necessity to better understand treatment needs, economic challenges, and public health and environmental risks of industry’s waste water, the Texas Legislature recently passed Senate Bill 601, establishing a Texas Produced Water Consortium.
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First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed quarantine rules for oil and gas workers returning from overseas will not be eased, despite travel restrictions being loosened for the general public.
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The list of potential bidders for Norway’s first tender for offshore wind farm licenses is long. More than two dozen companies and joint ventures from throughout Europe are likely to participate in the tender planned for later this year.
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Drilling at remote sites comes with challenges, not least of which is drilling-waste management. Drill cuttings traditionally are the focus of attention, and a solution is available to treat this waste stream at source. In many projects, however, slop waste and, in some cases, conductor drilling waste is also generated. This paper outlines how a single process using m…
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The decision blocks, for now, oil and gas drilling in one of the largest tracts of undeveloped wilderness in the United States.
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Are you trying to stay up to date about developments aimed at energy transition efforts in our industry? This roundup of news presents some of the recent announcements.
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Finding creative ways to drive down the CAPEX and discounted OPEX and define a realistic pathway and schedule to full-scale commercial operations is discussed.
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Robert K. Perrons, a professor at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, recently addressed the United Nations on the role of oil and gas in the global energy mix.
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The authors demonstrate how reservoir management and operational strategies can be used to optimize CO2 storage and oil recovery.
