Sustainability
The annual survey is designed to gauge companies’ reporting practices regarding sustainability and governance.
Geothermal development is gaining steam and entering a transformative era, driven by breakthroughs in adapting and improving on engineering, drilling, completion, and production technologies to the efficient extraction of heat from the Earth.
In the past year, publications on CO2, natural gas, and hydrogen storage have increasingly focused on the design, evaluation, and optimization of storage plans. These efforts encompass a broad spectrum of challenges and innovations, including the expansion of storage reservoirs from depleted gas fields and saline aquifers to stratified carbonate formations and heavy-o…
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Hess Corporation has been recognized for climate change stewardship, achieving leadership status in CDP’s 2017 Global Climate Analysis. -
A task force from The Academy of Medicine, Engineering, and Science of Texas has released a comprehensive analysis of the effects the North American shale boom has had on the environment and communities in Texas.
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The Oil & Gas Industry Guidance on Voluntary Sustainability Reporting acts as a framework for improving the quality and consistency of voluntary sustainability reporting. This paper discusses the most recent update to the guide, and offers an overview of the discussed social performance indicators.
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Apache has released its 2017 Sustainability Report. The online report features extensive disclosure of Apache’s performance in governance, environmental stewardship, workforce, health, and safety in the workplace and community outreach.
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SPE’s annual meeting opened Monday morning with a look at the economic and environmental sustainability of the oil and gas industry.
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SPE’s annual meeting opened Monday morning with a look at the economic and environmental sustainability of the oil and gas industry.
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An obscure Colorado law allows whole neighborhoods to be forced into leasing the minerals beneath their properties as long as one person in the area consents.
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A new ordinance taking aim at odors from oil and gas operations in Erie, Colorado is too vague and subjective and might be illegal, according to Crestone Peak Resources.
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The company makes good on a pledge to reduce freshwater use and replenish the fresh water it uses.
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Shell invested in a Singapore solar company and signed an agreement to purchase a Texas company with solar and other renewable assets. Along with its minority stake in a company that uses solar to generate steam for EOR in the Middle East, Shell catches some rays in the Asia Pacific, US, and Oman.
