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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ExxonMobil has initiated front-end engineering design studies to determine the feasibility of developing a South East Australia carbon capture and storage hub in the Bass Strait, where some of Australia’s oldest offshore oil and gas fields are to be decommissioned. -
Efforts to mitigate the potentially harmful effects of hydraulic fracturing have traditionally been divided along two fronts—those that primarily focus on protecting the environment and wildlife and those that focus on protecting humans and domestic animals. But it doesn’t have to be that way.
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MIT scientists hope to deploy a fleet of drones to get a better sense of how much carbon the ocean is absorbing and how much more it can take.
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A University of Houston research project aims to improve safety, health, and wellbeing of offshore oil and gas workers.
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The decision comes after an environmental review showed that the floating production, storage, and offloading vessel-based development was unlikely to cause negative environmental effects.
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Supermajors continue to align their goals with a net-zero future while strides are made across the globe to add CCS, solar, and wind projects to help achieve ambitious green energy goals.
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The company, which runs a marketplace for commodities with the consideration of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors, will register crude produced by Lundin Energy with the help of certification company Intertek.
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The oil giant launched its Bakken crypto pilot in January 2021 and now is considering expanding it to Nigeria, Argentina, Guyana, and Germany, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Is it possible for an extractive industry like oil and gas to not only improve efficiency and reduce negative impacts, but also leave operations sites and surrounding areas in a better state than they were found? Much of the public debate revolves around climate change, but measures of ecosystem resilience are dropping precipitously. Why should we care?
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The newbuild vessel will be used in partnership with Kirby Offshore Wind on the Empire wind farm off New York.
