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  • Volume 117, Issue 9d

    • Volume 117, Issue 9d

    Sept. 30, 2019|Well-Safe Solutions is converting Well-Safe Guardian into a bespoke plug and abandonment unit, contracting Global Energy Group and Rigfit7seas to refurbish the semisubmersible drilling rig. As part of Guardian’s upgrade, Well-Safe will be installing a dive system and the ability to deploy a subsea intervention lubricator. The company plans to have Guardian available to the industry in 2020. Photo from Well-Safe.
    General Interest

    OGJ Newsletter

    Oct. 1, 2019
    GENERAL INTEREST Quick Takes Alberta, Saskatchewan link on environment The governments of Alberta and Saskatchewan, both of which oppose the Canadian government’s assertive policies...
    General Interest

    The UN’s climate

    Oct. 1, 2019
    Oil and gas have survived another spasm of climatological anxiety at the United Nations. Before the Climate Action Summit in New York Sept. 23, the UN asserted the urgent need...
    General Interest

    Climate and energy

    Oct. 1, 2019
    The US Energy Information Administration International Energy Outlook 2019 usefully outlines the challenge facing urgent response to climate change.
    General Interest

    IEA: Oil market to return to a surplus next year

    Oct. 1, 2019
    In its September Oil Market Report, the International Energy Agency said that the recent halt of the relentless oil market stock builds since early 2018 is only temporary.
    General Interest

    EIA expects worldwide energy use to rise nearly 50% by 2050

    Oct. 1, 2019
    World energy consumption is expected to rise nearly 50% from 2018 levels by 2050, driven by countries where strong economic growth is driving demand, particularly in Asia.

    More content from Volume 117, Issue 9d

    General Interest

    McKinsey: US to source 50% of new natural gas through 2035

    Sept. 30, 2019
    In the last 12 months, a record volume of LNG projects reached final investment decision.
    General Interest

    EPA, NHTSA jointly revoke California vehicle emissions limit authority

    Sept. 30, 2019
    The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency jointly issued an action that will let the federal government set uniform emissions...
    General Interest

    California, 23 other states sue NHTSA over auto emissions limits

    Sept. 30, 2019
    California Atty. Gen. Xavier Becerra (D), Gov. Gavin Newsome (D), and the state’s Air Resources Board led a coalition of 24 attorneys general and the cities of Los Angeles and...
    General Interest

    PHMSA issues final rules aimed at improving pipeline safety

    Sept. 30, 2019
    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...
    General Interest

    OGCI launches new effort to unlock more carbon capture investments

    Sept. 30, 2019
    The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) launched a new program to unlock large-scale investments in carbon capture, use, and storage (CCUS) on Sept. 23.
    General Interest

    Watching Government: OECD examines carbon taxes

    Sept. 30, 2019
    Taxes on motor fuels that emit high levels of carbon dioxide and other substances when burned are too low in many countries to encourage a shift to less-polluting alternatives...
    Photo from IMRA Group.
    Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. is moving forward with the long-planned modernization of Nigeria’s state-run refineries in a program that will optimize processing capacities at the sites by 2022.
    General Interest

    NNPC to begin full rehab of refineries in January

    Sept. 30, 2019
    Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. (NNPC) is moving forward with the long-planned modernization of Nigeria’s state-run refineries in a program that will optimize processing capacities...
    General Interest

    Equinor brings Utgard gas, condensate field on stream

    Sept. 30, 2019
    Utgard gas and condensate field, spanning the Norwegian-UK border in the North Sea, came on stream Sept. 16, reported Equinor Energy AS, the operator.
    Editor's Perspective

    Striking schoolkids shun hard questions about climate change

    Sept. 30, 2019
    Schoolkids protesting inaction on climate change have a legitimate grievance about the elders they’re nagging. They evidently haven’t been taught to think critically.