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 …
Shale gas exploration in the U.K. lacks adequate regulation to protect public health and the environment including water shortages, according to a report by scientists. Exploitation of the resource may also undermine efforts to tackle climate change, according to the document published today by the Scientists for Global Responsibility and …
Hyderabad: A promising exploration in the Bantumilli south field for hydrocarbons by the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) in Deyyaladibba, off Krishna Godavari basin, seems to be turning out into a goldmine for the energy major. ONGC has found more gas than what had it initially anticipated. The gas …
The oil industry’s largest lobbying group began a new effort to ease public fears about hydraulic fracturing after a legal setback in New York state and a voter push in Colorado to ban the drilling practice. The American Petroleum Institute, a Washington-based group that includes Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) and …
Greenpeace activists chained themselves to the gates of a Chevron shale gas exploration well in eastern Romania on Monday, blocking access to the site and urging the leftist government to ban fracking. Romania could potentially hold 51 trillion cubic feet of shale gas, which would cover domestic demand for more …
A major study into the potential of fracking to contaminate drinking water with methane has been published. The British Geological Survey and the Environment Agency have mapped where key aquifers in England and Wales coincide with locations of shale. The research reveals this occurs under nearly half of the area …
For the last eight years, Pennsylvania has been riding the natural gas boom, with companies drilling and fracking thousands of wells across the state. And in a little corner of Washington County, some 20 miles outside of Pittsburgh, EQT Corporation has been busy – drilling close to a dozen new …
In a decision with far-reaching implications for the future of natural gas drilling in New York State, its highest court ruled on Monday that towns can use zoning ordinances to ban hydraulic fracturing, the controversial extraction method known as fracking. Since the issue arose about six years ago, there has …
Opponents of Santos’s Narrabri Gas Project have vowed to continue protesting against the planned $2 billion coal-seam gas field even if the government gives approval as expected for the 850-well operation. The state’s Planning Assessment Commission held its first public meeting in Narrabri on Thursday to gauge local input on …
Agartala: State-owned ONGC found huge gas reserves in the Trishna area of southern Tripura 14-years ago but couldn’t proceed as it is yet to get environmental clearance, an official said here Monday. “We have found huge natural gas at Trishna in 2000. But we are yet to explore the gas …
The fate of two fracking lawsuits before New York's highest court hinges on legislation passed in 1981, an era of advances in gas-exploration technology that has parallels to today. The New York Court of Appeals is weighing whether towns can use zoning regulations to ban high-volume, hydraulic fracturing, widely known …
State-owned ONGC found huge gas reserves in the Trishna area of southern Tripura 14-years ago but couldn't proceed as it is yet to get environmental clearance, an official said here Monday. "We have found huge natural gas at Trishna in 2000. But we are yet to explore the gas in …
The 5.8-magnitude quake with epicentre in the Bay of Bengal, around 275 km southeast of Paradip grabbed the attention of scientists and made them take up a fresh investigation into the reactivation of fault lines in the Bay. The quake occurred between the Mahanadi offshore basin and the Bengal basin …
Santa Cruz on Tuesday became the first California county to ban fracking, the latest in a string of moves by local governments in the state to take a stand against the controversial oil and gas producing method. Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, relies on injecting water, sand and some chemicals deep …
The Environmental Protection Agency is significantly underestimating the amount of methane that natural gas drilling operations emit, according to a new study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The research, which has 13 co-authors from several academic and research institutions, used an aircraft to …
In what could spell fresh trouble for India’s hydrocarbon explorers, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked the government to explain why it chose the “complex” Rangarajan formula for gas pricing when it could have adopted “simpler methods” like cost-plus pricing or revenue-sharing. A bench headed by Justice BS Chauhan asked …
Hyderabad: While the Krishna-Godavari offshore has already been identified as having shale gas potential, recent geological surveys have shown a larger tract of the Godavari-Pranahita basin to have significant shale gas potential. Scientists say that surveys in pockets of the basin has shown that it is a prospective shale gas …
ONGC is turning focus on its deep water block KG-DWN-98/2 in the Krishna Godavari (KG) basin, as the state-run explorer reckons there could be more hydrocarbon reserves in about 11 discoveries in the block, than what has already been found. ONGC, sources said, has sought permission to drill more appraisal …
Raising serious concerns over proposed oil and gas exploration activities in the protected areas of Malir and Shah Bandar (part of Thatta district), representatives of non-governmental organisations, professional and academic institutions at a public hearing on Wednesday criticised the environment impact assessment (EIA) report of the project and termed it …
EU politicians on Wednesday voted for tougher rules on exposing the environmental impact of oil and conventional gas exploration, while excluding shale gas. Member states such as Britain and Poland are pushing hard for the development of shale gas, seen as one way to lessen dependence on Russian gas, as …
The state explorer's new chairman, D K Sarraf, says some gas might not be viable at even $8 an mBtu The government is under attack for allowing an increase in domestic gas prices from April 1 but state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation said on Tuesday production from its Krishna-Godavari …
