Oil Exploration

Interconnected disaster risks: Turning over a new leaf (2025 report)

The 2025 Interconnected Disaster Risks report shifts focus from diagnosing problems to mapping out solutions. It establishes that many of today’s solutions are surface-level fixes, and that to create lasting change, we need to question the societal structures and mindsets that perpetuate these challenges. The report offers a more holistic …

Mozambique Finalizes Block 5 Oil Deals with Multinational Firms

MAPUTO - Mozambique's government on Tuesday approved contracts giving exclusive rights to energy companies to act on concessions awarded to them to explore for oil following four years of negotiations and delays that threatened to derail the projects. Cabinet spokeswoman Ana Comoana said the companies could now go ahead with …

Angry Keta residents protest oil exploration in Keta basin

Tens of angry residents in the Keta Municipality have hit the streets in protest over oil exploration in the region. The residents, most of whom are vegetable and fish farmers say oil exploration will not be in their interest. According to them, the Keta basin for years has been their …

International Energy Forum: Mexico eyes strong energy ties with India

Shale auction, gasoline deficit throw up opportunities for Indian companies Mexico is looking to enhance its energy ties with India through greater participation of Indian companies, especially in meeting its gasoline deficit. The Latin American country will conduct its first shale auction in September, but before that it will carry …

Drilling for oil & minerals in forest land will need green nod: Forest Advisory Committee

Drilling of bore holes on forest land for prospecting of minerals and oil exploration will not be exempted from the ambit of clearances, the environment ministry's forest advisory committee (FAC) said, turning down requests from coal ministry, mines ministry and ministry of petroleum and natural gas. The FAC will, however, …

Congo defends right to explore for oil in national parks

Democratic Republic of Congo's oil minister on Thursday defended the country's right to explore for oil anywhere on its territory after media reports that President Joseph Kabila approved drilling in Africa's largest tropical rainforest reserve. Oil minister Aime Ngoy Mukena declined to confirm a report in Germany's Die Tageszeitung newspaper …

ONGC discovers oil in Arabian sea

New find can hold 20 MT reserve State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC) has made a significant oil discovery to the west of its prime Mumbai High fields in the Arabian sea, a senior official said on Wednesday. The discovery in the well WO-24-3 is estimated to hold an …

Indian Petroleum and Natural Gas Statistics 2016-17

The Indian Petroleum & Natural Gas Statistics presents updated comprehensive statistics on various aspects of Indian Petroleum & Natural Gas sector. The data on international developments in respect of the key parameters of Petroleum and Natural Gas sector have also been captured in the publication. The Statistics presented in the …

More locals join push to stop oil drilling in Great Australian Bight

Local opposition to plans by multinational oil companies to drill in the Great Australian Bight has ratcheted up a notch after Holdfast Bay council passed a motion calling on the regulator to stop all such activity – the largest of five councils in the South Australian region to voice concern. …

Tanzania slaps further tough conditions on oil drilling exploration

DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania (Xinhua) -- Tanzania’s state-owned environmental watchdog said on Saturday it has given tough conditions an oil drilling firm before it started drilling at a game protected area in the Kilombero valley in Morogoro region to protect the environment. Swala Oil and Gas (Tanzania) Plc intends to …

Karoo fracking may get bogged down in court

With fracking in the Karoo having received the green light, environmental groups concerned about water contamination and depletion say they will fight tooth and nail to make sure it does not happen. The Department of Water and Sanitation intends issuing fracking licences by September, but may be stopped by court …

Greenpeace says Total underestimated drilling risks near Amazon reef

French oil and gas company Total and other energy majors should abandon plans to drill close to the mouth of Brazil's Amazon because of potential risks to the ecosystem of the area, environmental campaigner Greenpeace said on Wednesday. Greenpeace said an analysis of Total's environmental assessment of its planned drilling, …

Lake Malawi wrangle: negotiation talks prolonged over Tanzania’s demand for oil exploration proceeds

LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)- Barely weeks after Tanzania come out clearly that it wants shares of the oil exploration proceeds in Lake Malawi, the latter has gone further and postponed the negotiation talks, which were slated for May 8-9, 2017 in Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa. This means that the negotiation talks between …

India working on energy relationship with neigbours to leverage India’s position

Away from the arc lights that accompany China's OBOR project, India has been quietly working on creating connectivity grids in its neighborhood and moving beyond physical connectivity to energy as a tool of connectivity. From Indonesia to Mauritius, India is working on a web of energy relationships that seeks to …

Court throws out fracking application for KZN

The Western Cape High Court has set aside a prospecting right application, which could have opened the way for fracking in South Africa. The court’s decision could put the brakes on a number of similar prospecting applications if they followed the same process. Fracking has not yet been signed off …

Worried world urges Trump not to pull out of Paris climate agreement

Donald Trump’s scorched-earth approach to environmental protections has shocked current and former government officials overseas who are waiting nervously to see whether the US will destabilize the Paris climate agreement by pulling out of the deal. The Guardian has spoken to a number of officials from key countries before Trump …

Plans to drill for oil near newly discovered Amazon Reef alarm scientists

This time last year, scientists announced the discovery of a reef system at the mouth of the Amazon River — and right from the beginning, they began issuing warnings about companies’ plans to drill for oil in the region. Plans to drill for oil near newly discovered Amazon Reef alarm …

Parliament committee against oil exploration in Lake Malawi: says Malawi has outdated laws to safeguard petroleum production

LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-The Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources and Climate Change, this week strongly denounced Malawi government’s decision on oil exploration in Lake Malawi, and argue that the country has outdated laws to safeguard all stakeholders during the exercise. The committee observed that the absence of a national petroleum policy and its …

Tanzania could lose out on oil and gas discoveries, says audit report

Mismanagement and oversight could significantly limit Tanzania to benefit from the new oil and gas discoveries, reveals a new audit report. The Controller and Auditor General, Prof Mussa Assad, has noted that Tanzanians may not fully benefit from their substantial oil and gas discoveries, the Citizen reported. One significant example …

Activists condemn FG over delays in Ogoni clean-up process

Activists under the platform of the Environmental Rights Action/ Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) have decried the delays encountered over the clean-up of polluted Ogoni land for which President Muhammadu Buhari constituted a Governing Council at the inception of his administration. Speaking to journalists yesterday in Lagos, Executive Director …

Sudan: New Complaints Against Harmful Gold, Oil Exploration in Sudan

South Kordofan / East Darfur — Residents in Kordofan and Darfur states have filed new complaints against the use of mercury, cyanide and other harmful substances in areas of gold and oil exploration. People from North and West Kordofan, East Darfur and Red Sea state collaboratively filed the complaint to …

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