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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BPX Energy, BP’s US onshore upstream business, has expanded MiQ certification to 100% of BP’s US onshore facilities in Texas and Louisiana. -
Eighty-eight officers and employees have been released after violence broke out against the oil company Emerald Energy.
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Texas A&M University-Qatar in collaboration with the SPE Qatar Section conducted a 2-day virtual workshop on flow assurance, carbon reduction, and digitalization. Participants included more than 200 professionals associated with academia, research institutes, and industry from 23 countries.
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Biodiversity actions plans (BAPs) are a systematic approach to biodiversity management that can help companies contribute to nature-positive goals. The guidance provides general process steps recommended for preparing and implementing a BAP.
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This case study highlights the effectiveness of unmanned aerial systems in enabling land-based operators to assess the relative seriousness of leaks efficiently by both localizing and quantifying their methane emission rates.
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Deployment of Mosaic DAC pilot units are envisaged for a pair of HIF eFuel facilities.
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Dow, X-energy join forces to supply nuclear power to Gulf Coast plant, while NuScale gets the go-ahead from western cities to build reactor despite cost increases.
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The first direct air capture facility will debut a few months late, but that’s not a big concern for its developer.
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A survey by DNV shows energy professionals prioritizing secure energy, followed by clean and then affordable energy.
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Dealmaking has picked up steam, especially by Oxy. Many of the announced deals by Oxy and others are in Texas and in the Gulf Coast region.
