HSE & Sustainability
This paper explores how artificial intelligence (AI), cognitive models, and integrated digital tools can transform readiness from periodic drills into a continuous, measurable capability.
This paper presents a competency-cenetered, data-driven approach implemented to strengthen control-room emergency-response capability through a cloud-hosted, scenario-based virtual plant simulator.
This paper presents laboratory-testing methods and evaluation criteria designed to improve understanding of both the origin and extent of formation damage associated with CO2 injection.
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As the oil and gas industry evolves to become more socially responsible with using natural resources such as water, economics constraints are an ever-present concern. The three highlighted papers share different approaches regarding how produced water could be managed economically. -
For the fourth consecutive year, driver shortage remains the trucking industry’s leading concern. Oil and gas and energy industries face major challenges in the retention and recruitment of drivers for their transportation fleets, especially for petroleum and liquid tankers.
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An overview of methane emissions and the changes anticipated with the energy transition highlight resources available to SPE members and plans for cross-discipline initiatives.
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This paper is the second of a two-part series. It covers facilities problems caused by iron, injectivity problems caused by iron, and the mitigation of colloidal iron-related problems.
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The sheer expanse of the deep sea and the technological challenges of working in an extreme environment make these depths difficult to access and study. Scientists know more about the surface of the moon than the deep seafloor. The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute is leveraging advancements in robotic technologies to address this disparity.
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The debate over whether to again allow briny waste water pumped from conventional oil and gas wells to be spread on Pennsylvania’s dirt roads has become as salty and charged as the material itself.
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Wellhead and downhole safety valves are considered health, safety, and environment (HSE) critical well equipment in oil fields around the world. A comprehensive methodology, called the 100% Integrity Assurance approach, was implemented by the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company for this equipment to ensure sustainability and prevent HSE incidents throughout the well life c…
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Companies join forces in carbon capture project near LNG facility.
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The groups have issued a joint position statement on the usage of vaccines in the workplace, recommending that oil and gas companies optimize access to the vaccines for workers.
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Kongsberg Digital, the digital branch of global technology company Kongsberg, recently joined in a strategic partnership with FutureOn, a global energy software company, to bring together their digital twin platforms for energy projects. Here, Kongsberg Digital’s sustainability lead, Brian Carey, explains how important digital twins are to sustainability in the oil an…
