HSE & Sustainability
The newly named MTS brings together the full methane ecosystem, end to end—connecting technology, data, operations, and assurance across upstream, midstream, and beyond.
Monitoring on the ground is helping the industry shift from best estimates to hard data so it can bring the true emissions profile into focus.
Ongoing seismicity concerns and orphan well risks are pushing operators and regulators to explore alternatives for managing produced water.
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Iran has deployed a warship after the US Navy destroyed three boats of Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Maersk said it will pause shipping through the Red Sea until further notice.
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A Safety Leadership Academy planned by SPE, IOGP, and CEDEP aims to strengthen leadership and safety culture with the goal of changing the safety paradigm and making zero harm a reality.
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The US Environmental Protection Agency has signed a final rule granting the state’s request for primary responsibility for the permitting, compliance, and enforcement of carbon sequestration wells under the Underground Injection Control Program.
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Energy storage is essential to a clean electricity grid, but aggressive decarbonization goals require development of long-duration energy storage technologies.
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The year 2023 contained several important sustainability narratives and trends. Three key ones are the anti-ESG movement, China’s acceleration of a clean economy, and the rise of reporting regulations.
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This project aimed to identify and report occupational risks on an offshore drilling rig and save reporting and evaluation time by creating AI-generated dashboards.
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An engineered approach to fracture growth in hydraulic fracturing highlights the successful execution of H2S prevention strategies in North Dakota’s Williston Basin.
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The authors of this paper describe a suite of technologies that enables enhanced well robustness and performance modeling and monitoring of carbon storage facilities.
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Researchers at Texas A&M University have developed a method of refining "liquid gold" for valuable critical minerals using what many consider traditional waste products: produced water and carbon dioxide.
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With the advancement of a legal framework for carbon capture and storage, Brazil is building CCS momentum. This article aims to shed light on what led to this momentum and what may come next.