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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An analysis by researchers from Stanford University found leaks of methane from oil and gas drilling in the Permian Basin were many times higher than government estimates. -
A new web-based dashboard for advancing safety in oil and gas operations on the Outer Continental Shelf is now available to industry and the public as part of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement’s SafeOCS Reporting System.
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The U.S. Interior Department said it can move forward with planning for oil and gas leasing on federal lands after previous delays stemming from a court move blocking a climate accounting tool.
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Source Energie has been working to identify both medium- and long-term sites for development of floating offshore wind and now has come together with ERM Dolphyn to develop floating wind sites in the Celtic Sea that produce green hydrogen rather than electricity.
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Saudi officials accused Yemen’s Houthi rebels of launching the attack, which cast a shadow over a Formula One car race aimed at international spectators.
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This paper presents the development and test of a method to predict upstream events that could lead to flaring, applying an integrated framework using machine-learning and big-data analytics.
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Oxy aims to combine crude oil with environmental attributes generated from the sequestration of atmospheric CO2 captured with its planned direct-air-capture plant and sequestered in its enhanced-oil-recovery reservoirs in the Permian Basin.
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The DOI guidance explains how states can apply for the first $775 million in grant funding available this year under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to create jobs cleaning up polluted and unsafe orphaned oil and gas wellsites across the country.
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The company uses unmanned aerial vehicles to measure methane offshore.
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With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine resulting in lower supplies to oil markets ahead of peak demand season, the International Energy Agency has released a plan that it says can cut global oil demand by 2.7 million BOPD, easing strains and price pain.
