Sustainability
DNV notes that energy and industrial process-related carbon emissions will have dropped by 2050 by only 44% from today’s level, not even halfway to the net-zero pledge envisioned by the Paris climate agreement.
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.
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Royal Dutch Shell Chief Executive Ben van Beurden said the oil industry’s own behavior in years past has eroded its relationship with society. He warned that tech companies could face similar fates and that “the alarm bells are ringing quite clearly.” -
Reports from DNV GL will look at how ocean industries and future opportunities in the Arctic are can be managed as part of a sustainable future.
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On the basis of experience gathered from the Incahuasi field-development project in Bolivia, this article analyzes the challenges and benefits of implementing a socio-environmental monitoring program with local indigenous communities in a context of high social sensitivity.
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Had Proposition 112 passed, Colorado would have approved the country's largest mandatory buffer between new wells and homes, schools, waterways, and other areas deemed vulnerable: 2,500 ft, five times the existing standard of 500 ft.
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An online seminar set for 14 November will introduce IPIECA's new Community Liaison Officers Team Building and Management Guidance.
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KBC, a Yokogawa company, announced the launch of a new Energy and Sustainability Co-Pilot hub in Singapore to address the Singapore government’s environmental sustainability initiatives.
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Colorado communities and pro-oil and gas industry groups are clashing in a Supreme Court case that could change the way the state handles decisions on allowing increased fossil fuels production near people.
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A years-long fight in Colorado over how close oil and gas drilling can safely be to places where people live and work is coming to a head with an unprecedented November ballot measure that would ban such operations within at least half a mile of homes, schools, businesses, and waterways.
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Climate change involves a combination of factors that make it hard for people to get motivated.
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The object behind Ghana's local content requirement is to ensure the involvement of Ghana's own industry, including its national oil company, in the development of the exploration, production, and decommissioning value and supply chain.
