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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The FERC requested that “a subset of the energy workforce … specifically, highly trained electrical field workers, power plant operators, transmission and distribution grid operators, and personnel who procure the energy needed to balance the grid” be moved up on the vaccine list. -
NJ Ayuk, the executive chairman of the African Energy Chamber, writes that the chamber stands ready to assist and that, to develop a long-lasting solution, leaders should think about the kinds of things that make an area ripe for insurrection.
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US taxpayers, investors, and the American energy sector applaud long-awaited, final regulations on the CCS tax credit. The final rules provide needed clarity on how to qualify for and use the credit.
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Russia flares more associated gas from oil production than any other country on the planet. But Russian major Gazprom Neft may have found an ecofriendly alternative: turning flare gas in West Siberia into electricity to fuel the mining of cryptocurrency.
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Just a few weeks after the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission's final approval of a statewide 2,000-ft setback between new wells and some buildings, Boulder County commissioners have adopted even stricter requirements.
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Mozambique said its security forces repelled an attack by Islamist insurgents on a town close to the site where Total is building a $20 billion natural gas facility.
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This paper addresses both tangible and intangible benefits that communities have received and quality-of-life enhancements in the communities, as well as the key performance indicators used to measure performance for operational excellence, community development, and project/program evaluation.
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Aside from being the right thing to do, improving labor rights and worker welfare has a compelling commercial case. When workers are happy and engaged, they tend to work more safely and efficiently and the risk of delays and disputes is minimized.
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Brian Sullivan, the executive director of IPIECA, the global oil and gas industry association for advancing environmental and social performance, lays out the organization’s plans to adapt to a changing world while supporting the energy transition and sustainable development.
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While it is one of the top producers of liquid hydrocarbons in the US, New Mexico is also among the driest. The issue has culminated in a restriction on new freshwater leases issued by the state and a push for more recycling of produced water.
