Trent Jacobs

Comments: Offshore Platform Recycling: Bold Idea, Few Examples

_ In July, Thailand’s PTTEP announced that it had redeployed a decommissioned wellhead platform, saving time and money while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The national oil company said it was the first project of its kind in its portfolio and described it as an example of ap...

The Oil Industry’s Lithium Experiment Still Needs a Few More Years To Prove Out

In recent years, several of the oil and gas industry’s largest companies have decided to expand their portfolios to become lithium producers. In the US, where ramping up lithium production is increasingly seen as a domestic supply-chain priority, they have collectively spent or c...