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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OSHA cited BP with 10 serious violations, saying the gas production plant lacked adequate training and process controls for leaks. The explosion killed two workers in September.
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The funding aims to support 22 projects to advance technologies to monitor, measure, and mitigate methane emissions across the US natural gas supply chain.
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New research reveals waste water injected underground by fossil fuel operators caused a magnitude 5.6 earthquake in November 2022 in the Peace River area of Alberta’s oil sands region.
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Three leading global financial institutions recently announced updated environmentally linked targets aimed at reducing by 2030 their financed emissions in carbon-intensive sectors, including oil and gas.
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The second annual progress report showcases how the SDG Roadmap is being implemented by Ipieca and its member companies.
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The Permian-based company has committed to being part of the United Nations flagship reporting program.
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Proposed methane regulations for the oil and gas industry are in the works in the United States and the European Union. This brief summarizes the next steps for methane rules on both sides of the Atlantic.
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OSHA issued citations to oil and gas waste-management company Production Waste Solutions for failing to protect workers from hydrogen sulfide after an employee died.
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The British Safety Industry Federation found that 85% of safety products it tested between December 2021 and December 2022 failed to meet its regulatory criteria.
