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 …
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 …
Energy efficient technologies can be found in all parts of the energy conversion chain: from exploration and production of primary energy resources, to power generation and oil refineries to electricity grids, to the final use in industry, buildings and transportation. But it is not only the technical potential which is …
Maldives National Oil Company ltd (MNOC) has commenced oil and gas exploration in the Maldives. At a press conference held at STO Head Office, MNOC stated that MNOC is formed as 100% owned subsidiary of State Trading Organisation Maldives (STO Plc.) for oil and gas exploration in Maldives. The company …
The Supreme Court on Thursday sought a comprehensive report from the Ministry of Petroleum and the Director General Petroleum Consortium (PC) regarding not spending the development funds in areas from where the oil and gas being extracted. A Division Bench comprising Justice Jawwad S Khawaja and Justice Ejaz Afzal was …
Colorado health and environment officials on Sunday approved new rules to limit air pollution from oil and gas drilling in the state, including what regulators said is the nation's first-ever plan to detect and reduce methane emissions. The new measures were adopted to reduce the release of methane during production …
The government, as part of its measures to meet oil and gas requirements of the country, would soon grant another 30 blocks to Exploration and Production (E&P;) Companies. Presently various Exploration and Production Companies are holding 153 exploration licenses to explore oil and gas reservoirs. According to an information provided …
Colorado health and environment officials on Sunday approved new rules to limit air pollution from oil and gas drilling in the state, including what regulators said is the nation's first-ever plan to detect and reduce methane emissions. The new measures were adopted to reduce the release of methane during production …
OVL-OIL consortium to spend $103.2 million in two blocks that it won in August 2013 ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) and Oil India Ltd (OIL) have signed contracts to explore oil and gas in two areas in Bangladeshi waters. An equal joint venture of OVL, the overseas arm of state-owned Oil …
The oil ministry that has approached the Cabinet for its approval to launch the next round of annual oil and gas block auctions is simultaneously seeking its clearance for a policy that would allow companies to apply for exploration permits at any time of the year. According to a draft …
The committee led by former finance secretary Vijay Kelkar, tasked to come up with recommendations for making India energy independent, has suggested the continuation of the current production-sharing contract (PSC) model that allows cost recovery by exploration and production (E&P;) firms. This comes at a time when the government is …
Reversing the declining trend, Reliance Industries has ramped up gas production at KG-D6 fields by about 15% as it added the first production well on the eastern offshore fields in almost four years. RIL on January 2 began production from the MA-8 well to ramp up output from the KG-D6 …
In at least four states that have nurtured the nation's energy boom, hundreds of complaints have been made about well-water contamination from oil or gas drilling, and pollution was confirmed in a number of them, according to a review that casts doubt on industry suggestions that such problems rarely happen. …
STATE-RUN ONGC Videsh (OVL), vested with the key responsibility of bolstering the country’s energy security by acquiring hydrocarbon assets abroad, is adding less proven reserves to its portfolio than it is producing, going by data up to 2012-13. This, according to analysts, reflects poor selection of assets, if not an …
This report was prepared for grant of Environmental Clearance to ONGC's project titled 'Development Drilling of 40 wells in KG Basin in East Godavari, West Godavari and Krishna Districts of Andhra Pradesh' in Godavari Onland and West Godavari PML Onland blocks.
Some of the world's largest and most deadly recent earthquakes were not natural disasters at all but were caused by human activities such as mining, reservoir construction and oil and gas extraction, scientists say. A global study of hundreds of quakes by Christian Klose, a consultant geophysicist, identified 92 large …
The Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas has been publishing its annual bulletin “Indian Petroleum & Natural Gas Statistics” since 1967 containing comprehensive information on the Oil & Gas Sector. The bulletin provides information in terms of both calendar year and financial year, to address the demands of the diverse …
The Government of India constituted this committee under the chairmanship of Dr. Vijay Kelkar to prepare a roadmap for enhancing domestic production of oil and gas and sustainable reduction in import dependency by 2030.This report includes a discussion of the economic foundations of Exploration and Production Contracts and an early …
Warsaw, Nov. 19: The sun may have brightened the skies over the Polish capital today after quite some time but a cloud of mistrust hung at the national stadium where nearly 200 nations are negotiating the survival of the world from the onslaught of climate change. The gloom has deepened …
California regulators said on Friday an enhanced monitoring regime for oil and gas production that is part of the state's new fracking regulations would shore up groundwater protection, a top concern in the growing state. The law, signed by Governor Jerry Brown in September, introduces stringent regulations of hydraulic fracturing …
