Sustainability
DNV notes that energy and industrial process-related carbon emissions will have dropped by 2050 by only 44% from today’s level, not even halfway to the net-zero pledge envisioned by the Paris climate agreement.
SPE's new Asset Integrity Technical Section brings together industry experts to advance best practices in reliability engineering, asset integrity, risk reduction, and infrastructure performance. The global community will focus on the safe, reliable, and sustainable operation of energy assets across both traditional and emerging energy sectors.
SPE Journal is seeking submissions for a special issue on sustainable enhanced oil recovery (EOR), highlighting innovations that boost oil recovery while reducing CO2 emissions and environmental impact. The Call for Papers opens on 15 October 2026.
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This paper presents efforts and details of a pilot trial that was planned and executed to demonstrate the concept of repurposing existing wells into electricity generators instead of abandoning them. -
Heightened focus on methane emissions management spurs a new conceptual framework to aid in determining the duration of detected methane emissions, data that may be useful to stakeholders responsible for measurement-informed emission protocols.
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The geothermal company will use organic Rankine cycle (ORC) technology, which does not require steam to generate electricity.
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In 2022, Hess and the government of Guyana announced an agreement for the company to purchase 37.5 million REDD+ carbon credits directly from the government, one of the largest private-sector forest preservation agreements in the world. This paper explores the analysis of decarbonization pathways, voluntary carbon markets, and individual carbon offset projects that ul…
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Kampala is drawing now on international experience to sidestep the “oil curse” before first crude flows from its Lake Albert developments.
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If optimized to scale, fast fission reactors could play a role in reducing emissions in field operations by producing carbon-free electricity.
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Texas has become an early hot spot for geothermal energy exploration as scores of former oil industry workers and executives are taking their knowledge to a new energy source.
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Electric conversion of these offshore platforms is expected to cut about 1.2 million tonnes of CO₂ emissions per year.
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Stakeholders in the UK offshore sector will be asked to commit to a set of principles to help the sector achieve the energy transition through digitalization.
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The global oil and gas industry association dedicated to advancing environmental and social performance was established in 1974 at the request of the United Nations Environment Programme.
