HSE & Sustainability
This paper proposes a shift in the timing of risk modeling to much further back within the job lifecycle, recognizing each function’s role in the mitigation of risk.
This article from the SPE Methane Technical Section features Arvind Ravikumar of the University of Texas at Austin and focuses on how the Energy Emissions Modeling and Data Lab is integrating satellite observations, facility-level measurements, operational data, and emissions inventories into more credible methane accounting for oil and gas systems.
The firm’s latest analysis puts the bulk of the blame on a fragmented supply chain.
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The suite of tools includes a digital platform for sharing emissions data, an agreed set of definitions that nails down what different terms mean, a single set of metadata definitions, and an API through which users can access data. When used together, these tools provide an integrated perspective on what emissions are coming from where. -
A trio of new satellites that use infrared sensor technology are now flying around the Earth at a speed faster than 4 miles per second.
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Trafigura, a group of physical commodity trading companies, and Palantir Technologies announced their intent to develop a platform to calculate carbon intensity, combining the efforts of trading and digital technology to account for Scope 3 emissions. The aim is to increase transparency of life-cycle emissions and to provide benchmarking against other market participa…
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This study provides a comprehensive overview of the current status of renewable-energy resources, energy-transition efforts, and the future of conventional and unconventional oil and gas resources in California.
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The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement is proposing regulations that would improve operational safety, human health, and environmental protections offshore, while providing clarity to industry regarding the bureau's review of projects proposing to use new or unusual technology, including equipment used in high-pressure/high-temperature environments.
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KLX Energy Services was cited for exposing workers to explosion hazards.
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Offshore oil and gas workers who regularly practice mindfulness may experience less fatigue and emotional and psychological strain, according to a study led by researchers at the University of Houston.
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Hydrogen fuels, storage, and production projects are on the go, while CCS and wind projects receive significant international boosts from the likes of INPEX, Chevron, Equinor, and Eni and Amazon splashes cash for more than three dozen renewables projects.
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Researchers also determined the cuts would provide more than $600 billion a year in health benefits in the United States.
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The companies plan to capture CO2 from Linde's hydrogen liquefication plant in the Houston area and inject it into multiple storage sites.
