Gas flaring released 389 million tonnes of CO? in 2024, with global flaring hitting its highest level since 2007. Weak regulations and limited enforcement continue to allow oil companies to waste gas ...
At-a-Glance: Well testing follows a tight sequence: define objectives ? plan and permit ? pre-job readiness and HAZOP ? rig-up and function test ? controlled clean-up and stabilization ? multi-rate ...
Failures in oil and gas safety mechanisms can be catastrophic. From the Piper Alpha disaster in 1988 to the BP America incident in Texas City, 2005, such accidents have grave consequences. Flare ...
When leaders from Exxon Mobil and BP gathered last month with other fossil-fuel executives to declare they were serious about climate change, they cited progress in curbing an energy-wasting practice ...
A small energy company operating a North Slope oil field has been ordered to pay a $357,905 fine for illegally flaring natural gas over a six-month period. The Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation ...
Flare stacks are one of the most important pieces of safety infrastructure in oil, gas, petrochemical, and refining facilities. But their effectiveness depends on careful design and continuous ...