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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Colorado regulators are moving to rein in Weld County in the era of Senate Bill 181, the law that gives more power to local governments to manage energy extraction. At issue is whether cities, counties, and towns can enact rules for drilling that are less restrictive than those at the state level. -
Among the awards to be presented at SPE’s 2019 Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition is the inaugural Sustainability and Stewardship in the Oil and Gas Industry Award, which was earned by Karen Olson with Southwestern Energy.
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In June 2016, GHGSat launched the world’s first satellite capable of measuring greenhouse-gas emissions from targeted industrial facilities around the world. This paper describes the system, including sensor and satellite specifications.
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Impact and environmental/social/governance investing are reshaping adviser and investor relations. They are fast becoming the business model of the future, with investors exercising a greater degree of diligence on how their investments are bringing wider benefits.
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Oil and gas performance specialist Salos has teamed up with a human behavior consultancy to reduce health and safety risks in the sector. The Aberdeen-based business has worked closely with HFB Consulting over the past year to create an aviation training plan tailored to the oil and gas industry.
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Sending atmospheric carbon dioxide into underground methane hydrates could clean the air and create revenue.
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The Petroleum Authority of Uganda, together with the Ministry of Health and the Uganda Health Federation, held a one-day conference to discuss health investment opportunities in the oil and the gas sector while highlighting the standards expected.
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The acquisition will add to the group’s offerings aimed at environmental impact assessments and project approvals.
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The practice of safety has a definite ethical component. Often, the most ethical actions to take are obvious, such as the choice between a legal action and an illegal one. Other times, there are many considerations that may cloud decision-making.
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The Permian gets the lion’s share of attention when it comes to produced water, but other basins have a need to haul volumes off-site. How has the market changed in these areas recently? Is there a greater enthusiasm for pipelines, and can water midstream thrive?
