Sustainability
The startup company’s Midland Basin demonstration plant, located in the Permian Basin, takes a major step toward commercialization by proving its direct lithium extraction technology can refine battery-grade lithium carbonate from produced water under multiple 24/7 production cycles.
This paper explores the application of a modular, high-temperature gas-cooled nuclear reactor to a Very Large Crude Carrier-class floating production, storage, and offloading vessel.
This paper describes the potential of combined-cycle technology (use of a gas turbine and a steam turbine together to turn fuel into electricity) in offshore carbon-capture applications.
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The oil and gas industry faces three key questions with regard to sustainability. -
This paper presents the findings of a research project and the content of IPIECA’s “Practitioner Note on Monitoring and Evaluation of Social Investment,” which focus on the challenges faced by companies considering an increase in stakeholder demand for evidence-based reporting of social investment.
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To celebrate Engineers Week, 2019 SPE President Sami Al-Nuaim shares why he became an engineer and how engineers affect the world.
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In 2015, the United Nations ratified the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. Technology will be critical in the pursuit of these ambitious targets, but the pace and scale of change creates risks that humanity must take very seriously.
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Is the adoption of sustainability practices a form of strategic differentiation that can lead to superior financial performance? Or, is it a strategic necessity that can ensure corporate survival but not necessarily outperformance?
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Fort McMurray, the remote Canadian town largely built by the oil-sands industry, is trying to limit the ability of those companies to fly in out-of-town workers.
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A key component of sustainability is human lifestyle—meeting not just the basics, but for all people to have the opportunity to grow, develop, and prosper.
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The world can limit global warming to 1.5℃ and move to 100% renewable energy while still preserving a role for the gas industry and without relying on technological fixes such as carbon capture and storage, according to this new analysis.
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The new SPE Sustainability Award is the first industry award recognizing individuals contributing significantly to advancing industry practice.
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The World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2019 highlights ongoing geopolitical and geoeconomic tension as the biggest risk factor facing humanity’s progress.
