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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Also: A report says Bitcoin mining could ease emissions. Haliburton is accelerating its clean-energy efforts, while insurer Chubb cracks down on methane. ExxonMobil and Linde team up in Texas. Shell plans to limit CO2 emissions in Dutch plants, and Drax presses pause on bioenergy in the UK.
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The large US shale producer has officially entered into the renewable energy sector with its largest venture investment yet.
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Six satellites are expected to be launched this year to form a constellation aimed at combating emissions along oil and gas pipelines.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management says the increase is needed to keep pace with inflation.
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Regulators told some injection well operators close to the epicenter of a magnitude 4.0 earthquake that they will have to shut down their operations indefinitely.
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China Coast Guard patrols near oil and gas projects in the South China Sea have triggered responses from Vietnamese law enforcement and the Malaysian navy in two separate incidents over the past month.
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In August 2020, scientists spent 10 days doing airborne surveys of more than 50 platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Their results revealed a climate impact twice as large as that estimated by government inventories.
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Offshore workers engaged in rotating shift work may face an increased risk of prostate cancer, according to the results of a study from the University of Oslo and the Cancer Registry of Norway.
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The Gas Growth Integrated Project will capture and supply flare gas to generate electricity and treat seawater to manage pressure in oil wells in Iraq’s Basra region.
