HSE & Sustainability
The AI revolution isn't just digital. This article examines how geology underpins the convergence of AI, energy, carbon management, and the infrastructure powering frontier LLMs.
Winners of Alberta's Drilling Technology Challenge cover a range of technologies from robotics to enhance drilling rig safety to AI-enabled energy management, downhole sensing, well navigation, hybrid power systems, and geothermal energy.
Located along the North Sea, the Humber is expected to play a central role in the UK’s effort to achieve a net-zero emissions status by 2050.
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Increasing evidence suggests that welding-fume exposure is associated with systemic inflammation. -
The US Environmental Protection Agency is conducting a study that will take a holistic look at how the agency, states, tribes, and stakeholders regulate and manage wastewater from the oil and gas industry.
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With the use of many advanced technologies, the Keshen gas field in western China was developed efficiently with no injuries and no pollution to the environment. It also significantly boosted local community development.
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Accidental detonation of a perforating gun at surface can have catastrophic consequences. To decrease risks, layers of procedural controls have been implemented to reduce the inadvertent application of power caused by human error, stray voltage, or the presence of radio frequency (RF) energy.
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The recently issued SPE technical report Getting to Zero and Beyond: The Path Forward highlights the “how to” for the industry to achieve zero incidents, zero harm, and zero impact.
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Oil-producing countries are adopting a variety of strategies to shield their industries from climate action, seeking not just to survive but to recast their businesses in ways that provide competitive advantages, according to a paper by an expert at the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University.
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In the dry, dusty plains of West Texas, home to America’s most prolific oil play, the problem isn’t too little water. It’s too much.
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DNV GL has published a paper to support the safe use of artificial intelligence. The paper asserts that data-driven models alone may not be sufficient to ensure safety and calls for a combination of data and causal models to mitigate risk.
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Though many people understand that employers have workplace responsibilities regarding their employees' health and safety, far fewer understand that the employees also have certain legal obligations they must meet.
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Each year, six technical papers are selected to give an overview of the state of the health, safety, and environment discipline in the oil and gas industry. Synopses of the papers are presented here with links to the complete papers and suggestions for further reading.
