Sustainability
Opening day remarks from President Mohamed Irfaan Ali framed fossil fuels and renewables as parallel systems amid rising demand and structural supply pressures.
Experts and industry leaders gathered in The Woodlands, Texas, recently to sift through the challenges of carbon capture, utilization, and storage. The puzzle is coming together, but some critical pieces are still needed before the results look like the picture on the box.
The chair of the SPE Georgetown Section outlines how balanced, apolitical dialogue can support development amid rapid energy expansion.
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How do we gear up for the next stage as countries start opening for business again? Do we try to go back to the way things were, or do we decide to evolve our strategies? Perhaps we can reimagine what sustainability in our industry looks like. -
Dutch companies are among the latest to explore the transformation of seawater into sustainable energy.
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While sustainability is approached through various means within the industry, at its core is the welfare of human beings. Recent SPE papers demonstrate the importance of human rights in the industry’s drive toward sustainability.
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As studies point to increased emissions, ExxonMobil is stepping up efforts to detect and mitigate methane release.
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Past price crashes have produced widespread layoffs and bankruptcies, sunk local real estate markets, and drained public funding for years. This time around, local officials and analysts say it could be even worse.
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Two former SPE presidents, Nathan Meehan and Darcy Spady, and SPE board member Johana Dunlop have contributed their thoughts on continued efforts toward decarbonization amid an oil price war and a global pandemic.
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The Norwegian wind farm is expected to start up in 2022. The wind farm is also expected to create spinoff effects during the project’s life.
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The fourth edition of the Sustainability Reporting Guidance for the Oil and Gas Industry increases the number of issue areas from 12 to 21 and includes a greater focus on climate and energy.
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The energy infrastructure firm is becoming Altera Infrastructure as part of a global rebranding initiative.
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The ruling comes after a 4-year legal battle between Winona County commissioners and Minnesota Sands, a local company that claimed the 2016 ban was an unconstitutional limitation on interstate commerce and amounted to the government taking its property without compensation.
