HSE & Sustainability
Spain has granted permits covering a swath of the mountain range to Mantle8 for natural hydrogen and helium exploration a month after France granted the company similar permits.
Crude benchmarks spiked amid concerns that the US-Iran ceasefire is collapsing as commercial shipping comes under renewed attack.
This paper proposes a shift in the timing of risk modeling to much further back within the job life cycle, recognizing each function’s role in the mitigation of risk.
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Launched in May 2019 to deliver critical safety information to offshore oil and gas workers, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement’s BSEE!Safe text notification service now has more than 5,300 subscribers. -
The decision comes after the UK oil corporation’s new chief executive, Bernard Looney, set an ambitious target to shrink its carbon footprint to net zero by 2050. To achieve this it will have to cut more greenhouse gas emissions every year than the amount produced by the whole of the UK.
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In general, this shift elevates the importance of public health and environmental considerations in the regulation of oil and natural gas production in the state. In turn, production in the state is likely—at least in the near and medium term—to face both longer odds and longer waits for permitting.
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The Technology Outlook report from DNV GL identifies three technologies that have the potential to decarbonize carbon-dioxide-heavy industries significantly by 2030: new battery storage chemistries, high-temperature heat pumps, and green hydrogen.
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OTC announces Distinguished Achievement Awards for 2020.
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The SPE International Conference on Health, Safety, Environment, and Sustainability which was set for 17–19 March in Bogotá, Colombia, has been rescheduled for 28–30 July.
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Toxic and invisible oil spread well beyond the known satellite footprint of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, according to a new study led by scientists at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science.
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Texas Railroad Commissioner releases state's first flaring report.
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In the past, carbon capture and sequestration seemed to be going nowhere. Today, according to the Global CCS Institute, 19 large-scale commercial carbon capture and sequestration facilities are operating around the world, 10 of which are in the US.
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This paper describes a multiyear program in an oilfield services company that has been incorporating sustainability into internal business processes and improving environmental performance through the application of continuous improvement techniques.
