Sustainability

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November 28, 2022
During the meeting, which was held at ADNOC headquarters, the board directed ADNOC to pursue a net-zero by 2050 ambition to support the UAE net zero by 2050 strategic initiative. The board also endorsed plans to accelerate its 5 million barrels per day oil production capacity expansion to 2027, from the previous target of 2030.
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November 11, 2022
U.S. House Republicans made the case for more U.S. oil production at the UN climate summit in Egypt, arguing that cleaner domestically produced crude is needed to meet growing demand.
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November 11, 2022
The American Petroleum Institute on Friday responded to the Environmental Protection Agency's supplemental proposed methane rule with a call for a cost-effective final rule that promotes innovation and regulatory certainty.
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November 11, 2022
The Biden administration revealed a supplemental proposed methane rule Friday that would tighten regulations for monitoring low-producing wells and require producers to respond to third-party reports of leaks, in a move that could empower activists.
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November 10, 2022
Five U.S. senators have sent letters to 51 law firms detailing the possible antitrust violations their clients may commit if they pursue collusive Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.
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November 10, 2022
A methane cloud spotted over Alabama last month appears to have been caused by a natural-gas release following a fire at a Kinder Morgan Inc. compressor station, the pipeline giant said.
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October 31, 2022
Ahmed Al Jaber, chief executive of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), called for maximum energy with minimum emissions to ensure global energy security in his opening address at the 38th edition of the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition Conference (ADIPEC).
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October 11, 2022
Exxon Mobil Corp. is considering a takeover of Denbury Inc., an oil and gas producer with the largest carbon dioxide pipeline network in the U.S., according to people familiar with the matter.
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October 10, 2022
The award supports the expansion of ADNOC’s offshore operations and its objective to responsibly increase production capacity and meet the growing global demand for reliable, lower carbon intensity oil and gas.
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October 05, 2022
(WO) — During a Tuesday afternoon “Special Session” at SPE’s Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, an ExxonMobil manager explained why faster carbon capture and storage (CCS) development will require hub projects with larger scales.
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October 05, 2022
Subsea7 announced that the heavy construction/flex-lay vessel Seven Arctic is to be equipped with a new energy-saving system.
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October 05, 2022
Schlumberger announced it has entered into a partnership with Gradiant, a global water solutions provider, to introduce a key sustainable technology into the production process for battery-grade lithium compounds.
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October 04, 2022
Sustainable recovery and transforming the industry for the future was the theme of the opening general session Monday morning at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, at the George R. Brown convention center in Houston, Texas.
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September 30, 2022
Belgian and Danish government representatives have entered into a ground-breaking agreement to enable captured CO2 to be shipped across their borders to be permanently stored in a sandstone reservoir 1800 meters beneath the seabed of the Danish North Sea.
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September 28, 2022
Wood, the global consulting and engineering company, has been awarded a multi-region engineering services contract by bp to support efficient and safe energy production through the provision of asset repairs, modifications and enhancements.
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September 21, 2022
In the unlikely event of an uncontrolled release during the Drilling Phase of the Scarborough project, the RWIS Toolkit may be utilized as a key component of the Response hardware. With this contract, Woodside Energy have positioned themselves at the forefront of environmental stewardship.
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September 21, 2022
In what appeared to be a very deliberate attempt to inject some reality into the headlong rush toward renewables, Saudi Aramco President and CEO Amin Nasser cautioned the energy industry about making bad choices.
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September 20, 2022
Schlumberger and Aramco have announced plans to collaborate and develop a digital platform that will provide sustainability solutions for hard-to-abate industrial sectors.
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August 30, 2022
Horisont Energi and Neptune Energy announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to develop the Errai Carbon Capture and Storage project in Norway.
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August 30, 2022
The American Bureau of Shipping has launched detailed requirements for greener offshore operations in the first sustainability guide to target the offshore industry.
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August 29, 2022
Energy services provider Expro is leading industry efforts to meet environmental targets with the development of a digital technology that can help drilling contractors and operators cut an estimated 146 tons of CO2 emissions annually – the equivalent of 58 transatlantic flights.
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