By: Lt. Nicholas Hayden, Electrical & Communications Engineer It used to be that utilities and energy companies had to only worry about acts of nature and failing equipment when it came to risk mitigation and reliability management. But with today’s expanding energy infrastructure and the prevalence of smart technologies with greater communications demands, that is …
By: Karen Lutz, Senior Program Manager, EHS Compliance and Sustainability Several months ago, I blogged about “Assessing Materiality to Drive Sustainable Outcomes.” In April of this year, a number of interesting developments occurred, creating momentum on the topic. The common theme is a focus on better defining material environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues and …
By: Brent Moore, CEP, Principal The current surge in the rail transportation of crude oil, as a result of the energy-from-shale revolution, has led to growth in the development of marine oil terminals. Dozens of these projects have been announced, complete with unit train unloading facilities to receive and store shipments of crude oil and …