HSE & Sustainability
This article addresses the challenges of managing water-soluble organics (WSOs) in offshore produced water. It provides a brief discussion of the chemistry, along with strategies and technologies that can be used to manage WSO levels in produced water, thus facilitating compliance with regulatory overboard water-quality guidelines.
Spain has granted permits covering a swath of the mountain range to Mantle8 for natural hydrogen and helium exploration a month after France granted the company similar permits.
Crude benchmarks spiked amid concerns that the US-Iran ceasefire is collapsing as commercial shipping comes under renewed attack.
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A physician-led nonprofit based in Washington, DC, which examines potential health threats from climate change and environmental toxins, has raised concerns that emissions from oil and gas production could be causing more severe effects of COVID-19. -
As the challenges of COVID-19 continue, the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers has determined that its mission for 2021 will include unprecedented focus on the wellbeing of everyone who works in the industry, as well as the wider communities in which they operate.
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Using renewable energy can help the oil and gas industry to reduce emissions while getting a stable, high-quality power supply. The renewable energy system can even be used to help the oil and gas facilities with enhanced oil recovery.
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Wood Mackenzie’s latest analysis asserts that sustainability and resilience will be at the heart of the oil and gas industry story in 2021.
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Total’s acquisition of 20% of Adani Green Energy adds to the supermajor’s global solar portfolio and advances its objective of reaching 35 GW of gross production capacity from renewable sources by 2025.
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Shell and Tomson Technologies completed field trials in the Gulf of Mexico using new nanoparticle-enabled phosphonate and polymer inhibitors that improve the treatment lifetime of scale squeezes.
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The partnership aims to speed up the decarbonization of seven global industries representing 30% of global emissions, which include steel, trucking, shipping, chemicals, cement, aluminum, and aviation.
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DNV GL awarded Heerema Marine Contractors Statements of Feasibility for two concepts designed to reduce the noise of offshore structure installation.
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Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group and the European Space Agency have signed a memorandum of intent to analyze, develop, and implement space-enabled technology and services to support the renewable energy sector.
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Petronas and PTTEP executives spoke at a virtual symposium about their companies’ commitments to reduce carbon and their work toward a sustainable energy future.
