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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New Mexico released data on excess greenhouse emissions from oil and gas operations to keep the public informed of the problem, as the state continues to develop stricter policies to regulate air pollution from the industry and other sources. -
This year’s Texas Department of Transportation “Be Safe. Drive Smart” campaign will focus on safety especially in high-traffic oil and gas production areas.
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The venture arm of the oil giant has put $5 million toward the parent company of Finite Carbon, a US-based company working on sustainable forest management to offset carbon emissions.
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Colorado has released a long-awaited 380-page report on the health effects of oil and gas operations in the state. The science is complicated, though, as are the unfolding responses from state regulators and oil and gas companies.
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Colorado officials declared they will toughen their oversight of oil and gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing sites following the release of a multiyear scientific study that found industry operations may expose residents to unhealthy levels of benzene and other chemicals.
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Despite a natural gas boom and health concerns over drilling from environmentalists, the state Department of Health has received just 160 complaints related to drilling over the last decade.
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Texas continues to lead the nation in oil and gas production, but communities in the state’s main energy production areas have also seen a rise in deaths on the road accounting for close to half of all traffic fatalities in Texas, according to the state’s transportation department.
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Italian oil major Eni formally committed not to perform oil and gas exploration and development activities within the boundaries of natural sites included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
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Nominations are now open for the 2020 IOGP Outstanding Young Professional Award, sponsored by the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers in association with the biennial SPE International Conference and Exhibition on Health, Safety, Environment, and Sustainability.
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The objective of this paper is to find a safer and more-efficient method for performing inspections on jack-up legs and inside tanks.
