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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The Biden administration has directed the US Treasury Department and USAID to design strategies and criteria aimed at shifting bank lending away from fossil fuel projects in the developing world. -
The operator's aggressive decarbonization effort has put it on the fast track to produce nearly a third of its oil and gas from the Norwegian Continental Shelf using electricity generated by onshore hydroelectric plants.
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ExxonMobil launched its Malaria Initiative in 2000. Now, more than 20 years later, three experts supported by the company give their perspectives on what has been learned about the disease and highlight some accomplishments in research and innovation.
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The system presented in this paper uses a fiber-optic cable and cameras to provide intruder detection and identification. It transmits the signals wirelessly through the remote telemetry units at the wellhead.
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The planned LNG export facility will host a large carbon capture and storage project to enable the permanent geologic storage of more than 5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year.
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On 20 April 2010, a kick and blowout in the Gulf of Mexico resulted in a series of explosions that killed 11 people and started an environmental disaster. Now, 11 years later, government and industry continue the drive to improve safety.
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The international supermajor is looking to make Houston and the US Gulf Coast a major hub for carbon capture and sequestration. A recent peer-reviewed SPE paper offers insights on the type of formation the company may target if the project takes shape.
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BP says its new $1.3-billion Grand Slam electrified oil, gas, and water-handling facility is a clear example of its net-zero strategy in action.
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Trying to stay up to date about developments aimed at energy transition efforts in our industry? This roundup of newsmakers is a sampler of some recent announcements.
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It has been a busy month so far for the oil and gas industry’s venture capital groups. Find out which operators are making moves and which technology developers are turning heads in this latest roundup.
