Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Amit Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant has raised a grievance against setting up of a tyre pyrolysis plant by M/s Adideva Carbon LLP. According to the applicant, the tyre pyrolysis plant has …
Trees in the Arctic region may grow 500 km (300 miles) further north by 2100 as climate change greens the barren tundra and causes sweeping change to wildlife, a leading expert said. A quickening melt of snow, ice and permafrost will enable more southerly species such as pine trees or …
A controversial natural gas production technique, which is key to a century of U.S. domestic supply, is causing contamination of drinking water, a report released by the National Academy of Sciences said on Monday. Scientists from Duke University collected 68 drinking water samples which showed potentially harmful levels of methane …
Directional drilling and hydraulic-fracturing technologies are dramatically increasing natural-gas extraction. In aquifers overlying the Marcellus and Utica shale formations of northeastern Pennsylvania and upstate New York, we document systematic evidence for methane contamination of drinking water associated with shale-gas extraction.
The state of Maryland plans to sue the company that operated a gas well that ruptured in Pennsylvania, spilling fluids into a fresh water tributary that eventually flows into the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland's attorney general said on Wednesday. The well in Bradford County blew out on April 19, spilling "thousands …
The purpose of this Tight Gas Exploration & Production Policy 2011 (Policy) is to establish the policies, procedures, tax and pricing regime in respect of exploration and production of tight gas in Pakistan.
It is a common belief that China’s CO2 emissions will continue to grow throughout this century and will dominate global emissions. The findings from this research suggest that this will not necessarily be the case because saturation in ownership of appliances, construction of residential and commercial floor area, roadways, railways, …
BEIJING: China has joined the world's elite club of offshore oil producers after China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) announced that its oil and natural gas output surpassed 60 million metric tonnes in 2010. The country's largest offshore oil explorer's oil and gas production last year totalled 64.13 million metric …
Rutam Vora / Ahmedabad December 28, 2010, 1:24 IST Eleven companies, including international giants, have evinced interest in Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
Gireesh Chandra Prasad Global oil and gas field services majors Schlumberger and Halliburton are likely to be technology partners for India in its ambitious programme to explore shale gas, a new source of energy, from next year.
Mumbai, Nov. 29: Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) and Videocon Industries annou-nced a major natural gas discovery in the offshore space in Mozambique on Monday. This is the fifth significant hydrocarbon find by the consortium of the public sector oil firm and the household appliance major. In all these cases, …
India and the US have signed an agreement for cooperation in the field of shale gas. The memorandum (MoU), signed in Mumbai on Saturday, will enable India to commence exploration for this and reduce its heavy dependence on imported energy sources.
New Delhi: ONGC plans to invest over $10 billion to develop its new gas field in the KG basin for production. ONGC aims to develop the KG basin through four different projects. "We are targeting 25-30 million standard cubic meters per day of natural gas production by 2014-15," DK Pandey, …
Oil exploration and production companies are counted among the bad boys when it comes to environmental damage. Perhaps to undo that image, especially in the year of BP
Shale gas is the new buzzword. India is believed to have enormous amounts of shale gas deposits, according to studies conducted by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation of India (ONGC) in the Damodar (West Bengal) and Cambay (Gujarat) basins. P.K. Bhowmick, head of Dehradun-based Keshava Deva Malaviya Institute of Petroleum …
Ajay Modi / New Delhi September 27, 2010, 0:34 IST The government will launch the ninth round of the New Exploration Licensing Policy (Nelp-IX), which will see an auction of around 35 oil and gas blocks, on October 18, with a road show in Mumbai. Some of these blocks could …
After mulling over whether China and India should divide hydrocarbon reserves among themselves, the Government of India has told its energy majors to sign up more contracts no matter what. But Delhi is in a bind. To compete with China’s oil giants, India’s energy firms will have to bulk up. …
The Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) has planned to drill 11 development wells in Uch Gas field area of Balochistan. Two wells are already being drilled while drilling of planned wells will start during current financial year. Seismic data acquisition work has been planed to delineate a drillable …
The total in-place reserves put at 20-30 trillion cubic feet Company holds 45 % interest in Cambay field Estimates not endorsed by Central Government NEW DELHI: In a major boost to the energy security campaign, Australia's Oilex Ltd. on Monday claimed that it had made a huge natural gas discovery …
