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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The stabilization and economic development of Mozambique’s northernmost province of Cabo Delgado requires approaches that build community capacity and restore trust not only in the government and its public service delivery mechanisms but also in the oil and gas corporations investing in the region. -
Instead of burning money, why not make electricity? This is the big pitch being made by a growing number of technology companies who see green every time they see a red-hot flare burning associated gas.
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The decision comes after the UK oil corporation’s new chief executive, Bernard Looney, set an ambitious target to shrink its carbon footprint to net zero by 2050. To achieve this it will have to cut more greenhouse gas emissions every year than the amount produced by the whole of the UK.
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OTC announces Distinguished Achievement Awards for 2020.
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Chevron Technology Ventures has joined a consortium in a $16-million investment in a company that provides portable carbon-capture technology.
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This paper describes a multiyear program in an oilfield services company that has been incorporating sustainability into internal business processes and improving environmental performance through the application of continuous improvement techniques.
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BP says it is firmly committed to achieving the ambitious target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions over the next 30 years—even if that means producing less oil and gas.
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The group’s mission is to end human trafficking by preventing exploitation, educating the community, and empowering survivors.
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While renewable energy sources are poised to see major growth, possibly displacing natural gas as the top source of electricity in the US, hydrocarbon production will remain above or near current historical highs until at least 2050.
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A mobile exhibit highlighting the risks and dangers of human trafficking in the oil and gas industry is part of an increased effort by the industry to combat human trafficking, a euphemism for modern-day slavery of forced labor and prostitution.
