HSE & Sustainability
This article addresses the challenges of managing water-soluble organics (WSOs) in offshore produced water. It provides a brief discussion of the chemistry, along with strategies and technologies that can be used to manage WSO levels in produced water, thus facilitating compliance with regulatory overboard water-quality guidelines.
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.
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On 23 May 2017,the Ukrainian parliament adopted the Law of Ukraine "On Environment Impact Assessment." The newly adopted law requires mandatory assessment of effect on the environment of certain industrial objects and activities. -
Inventys is receiving $2.6 million from Natural Resources Canada through its Energy Innovation Program to support the development of a 30-tonne-per-day carbon-dioxide-capture pilot plant at Husky Energy’s Pikes Peak South Lloyd thermal project.
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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt said in his first testimony before Congress on 7 December that he plans to replace the Obama-era Clean Power Plan, instead of just killing it outright.
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This paper describes an approach to standardizing proactive incident investigation to failed or impaired barriers and risk management.
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Between 2005 and 2015, energy-related carbon dioxide emissions decreased in 43 states (including the District of Columbia) and increased in 8 states. On a per capita basis, energy-related carbon dioxide emissions decreased in 49 states (including the District of Columbia) and increased in 2 states.
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US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry and Khalid Al Falih, Saudi minister of energy, industry, and mineral resources, signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a framework for mutually beneficial cooperation in the area of clean fossil fuels and carbon management.
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At the 2013 G8 leaders’ summit in Northern Ireland, Canada announced that it would take action to enhance the transparency of payments to governments made by Canadian extractive companies by introducing mandatory reporting. The resulting legislation came into force on 1 June 2015.
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One of the keys to growing a safety culture is to build levels of employee engagement. The reason for that is that the more engaged front-line employees are, the more ownership they assume for their work domain.
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Between 2009 and 2016, SPE facilitated a series of global sessions to develop ideas for the future advancement of health, safety, and the environment in the industry. The result is the technical report “Getting to Zero and Beyond: The Path Forward.”
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Understanding and prioritizing water management is key for exploration-and-production operators, not only in terms of reducing overall cost but also as a means of mitigating operational risk, complying with changing regulatory requirements, and addressing environmental concerns.
