Sustainability
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.
This paper presents a flexible, highly cost- and energy-efficient method of gas separation and CO₂ capture from many different gas mixtures with a large range of CO₂ concentrations.
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The guidance presents the first oil-and-gas-specific set of circularity indicators to enable oil and gas companies to measure the circularity of their assets and material in/out flows. -
A Houston-based geothermal startup just got "liked" by the parent company of Facebook.
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The Student Chapter Development Workshop aims to foster global collaboration, knowledge exchange, and professional growth among young petroleum engineers, focusing on leadership and sustainable development in the energy sector.
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This paper presents circular environmental initiatives at Abu Ali Island in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia that led to sustainable and systematic decarbonization, ecosystem, and biodiversity programs.
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Geo2Watts is transforming abandoned oil and gas wells into renewable energy assets using solar power and sand. In this exclusive Q&A, co-founders Phil Cruver, Bill Bartling, and Ken Murray share their vision and the innovative technology behind their “borehole battery.”
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Inpex’s investments in wind, solar, and battery storage through 2030 will also support decarbonization at the Ichthys natural gas and LNG project in northern Australia.
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The North Sea Transition Authority says that top-quality environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosure is crucial to attracting further investment into the UK’s oil and gas industry.
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The 12-well campaign is expected to accelerate global adoption of electric subsea technology and reduce emissions from subsea operations.
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This paper presents how one operator has developed a culture of circular decommissioning with the main goal of setting up a structured process to improve environmental performance by implementing the principles of a circular economy during decommissioning.
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A new article offers a comprehensive review of worldwide energy transitions to carbon neutrality and introduces the Decarbonization Index, an innovative indicator designed to gauge the progress of a nation’s energy transition.
