The Scottish government has confirmed its de facto ban on hydraulic fracturing and other methods of developing unconventional oil and gas (UOG) resources.
Chevron Corp. has established new goals to reduce its net greenhouse gas (GHG) emission intensity. The company intends to lower upstream oil net GHG emission intensity by 5-10% and upstream natural gas net GHG emission intensity by 2-5% from 2016 to 2023.
Production is resuming at Hibernia oil field offshore Newfoundland and Labrador after a second shutdown forced by an oil release, reports Hibernia Management & Development Co. Ltd., the operator.
The US Environmental Protection Agency has approved Texas’s state implementation plan (SIP) to limit emissions of substances leading to the formation of ground-level ozone.
The US Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration issued three final rules on Sept. 24 that aimed to make more than 50,000 miles of natural gas and hazardous liquids pipelines safer, US Sec. of Transportation Elaine Chao said.
The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI), which is comprised of 13 publicly traded major and national oil companies, launched a new program to unlock large-scale investments in carbon capture, use, and storage (CCUS) on Sept. 23.
California AG Xavier Becerra, Gov. Gavin Newsome, and the state’s ARB led a coalition of 24 AGs and Los Angeles and New York in suing the Trump administration over its Sept. 19 preemption of California’s motor vehicle and GHG emissions standards.
The governments of Alberta and Saskatchewan, both of which oppose the Canadian government’s assertive policies on climate change, have formed a bilateral agreement to collaborate on environmental issues.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the US EPA jointly issued an action entitled “One National Program Rule” on Sept. 19 that will let the federal government set uniform emissions standards nationwide for cars and light-duty trucks.
US President Donald Trump announced on Sept. 18 that his administration will revoke California’s federal authority allowing it to set its own automobile emissions limits.
US Sen. Lisa Murkowski, chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, has recommended that the Department of Energy monitor impacts as the country implements the International Maritime Organization’s stricter sulfur limits starting Jan. 1.
Eni SPA is investigating an explosion that occurred early on Sept. 17 at its 200,000-b/d Sannazzaro de’ Burgondi refinery near Pavia, in Po Valley, Italy.
Equinor is progressing with oil spill recovery at the South Riding Point terminal in the Bahamas after the impact of Hurricane Dorian. An onshore team has started to recover oil and move it into tank storage.
BP PLC’s North Sea business executed a pilot project combining Mars technology with a fixed-wing remote-piloted air system (RPAS), or drone, testing ways to remotely monitor methane emissions on its offshore assets.
