Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
Shell Companies in Nigeria (SCiN), have emerged the 2017 Best Nigerian companies in Sustainability Innovation in Africa, beating two other finalists at the 11th edition of the Sustainability, Enterprise and Responsibility Awards (SERAs), for Corporate Social Responsibility held in Lagos at the weekend. SCiN also defeated three other contestants to …
A new report released by oil and gas companies operating in Nigeria has shown the existence of a Nigeria-specific cost premium for the petroleum sector, with operating costs and projects costs significantly higher than in other countries by as much as 100 per cent. The oil and gas producers stated …
Petroleum Development Oman and GlassPoint Solar announced earlier this month the completion of the first block of one of the world’s largest solar plants, the 1,021 megawatt Miraah solar plant that will deliver 6,000 tonnes of steam per day for use on the Amal West oilfield in Oman. On November …
OSLO (Reuters) - The world’s 250 biggest listed companies account for a third of all man-made greenhouse gas emissions yet few have strong goals to limit rising temperatures, a study showed on Tuesday. Coal India, Gazprom and Exxon Mobil topped the list when measuring carbon dioxide emitted by companies and …
Oil spill victims under the aegis of Oil Spill Victims Vanguard (OSPIVV) have initiated a lawsuit in the United Kingdom against Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCO), a subsidiary of the Royal-Dutch Shell Plc., over alleged $3, 600,191, 206 compensation to 168,000 persons and 350 communities affected by the …
State-owned Indian Oil Corp(IOC) has been given green nod for augmenting its Koyali-Sanganer pipeline (KSPL) capacity up to 6 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) from existing 4.6 MTPA at a cost of Rs 273.23 crore, a senior government official said today. The company's proposal is to expand KSPL, which traverses …
New research from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, has demonstrated for the first time how oil spills are increasing mortality rates among newborns in the Niger Delta of the country. The new study by Prof. Roland Hodler and Research Assistant, Anna Breuderle, from the School of Economics and Political …
Group drags Shell to London court over 2011 Nigeria Bonga oil spillGroup drags Shell to London court over 2011 Nigeria Bonga oil spill Bonga Oil Spill communities seek ways of compelling Shell to pay claimsBonga Oil Spill communities seek ways of compelling Shell to pay claims Niger Delta youth want …
The release of the report, entitled Broken Promises: the Failure of the Highveld Priority Area, coincided with a peaceful protest at the Department of Environmental Affairs annual Air Quality Lekgotla in Woodmead by people who live and work in areas most effected. People on the Highveld are dying prematurely and …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry asked an oil industry advisory council on Monday to help find ways for oil drillers to exploit technology that captures carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants, by injecting the carbon dioxide into the ground to help drill for oil. Perry, whose department …
The cities of San Francisco and Oakland in California have filed separate lawsuits against 5 of the largest oil companies in the world for the roles played by those companies in anthropogenic climate warming and rising sea levels, public documents have revealed. These California cities are seeking billions of dollars …
Equatorial Guinea is demanding 48 billion CFA francs (73 million euros) payment from Total. The Cnetral African country is accusing the French oil giants of fraud, the AFP news agency reports. According to Finance Minister, Miguel Egonga Obiang, Total’s fraudulent dealings for which they are seeking the damages occurred with …
New environmental clearance required as crude proportion changed The soon to come up refinery at Barmer will require a revised environmental impact assessment (EIA). The process for the same has been initiated by the government and HPCL. This has been necessitated due to change in the crude mixture that would …
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil will allow environmental transgressors to exchange millionaire fines for recovery works at a discount, the environment minister said on Thursday, in a bid to reduce litigation and raise funds for projects in times of austerity. A decree to be published next week will allow environmental offenders …
KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait will finish cleaning up a crude oil spill in the country's southern waters in the Gulf this week, a Kuwaiti newspaper report said on Sunday, quoting the country's oil minister. Essam al-Marzouq told the al-Rai newspaper that no more patches of oil have been found and …
Commission lab tests that show high hydrocarbon residue in soil, water Residents of Kadiramangalam in Thanjavur district, along with environmental activists, countered the claims made by ONGC regarding the June 30 oil spill in their village at a meeting here on Wednesday. Challenging ONGC’s claim on the promptness with which …
Udaipur: In a bid to curb the increasing level of pollution especially in the industrial areas, the Pollution Control Board has introduced recently web-enabled monitoring of pollution by factories. Currently, PCB has installed sensors at 20 industries which are being monitored online to find the amount of dangerous gases they …
Says it did not go to Chief Hydrographer for demarcation of backwater areas on map The controversy over two maps – one showing the existence of the Ennore Creek and another without the creek – just got murkier with the department of environment saying that the State had not approached …
Environmental devastation, ruined economy and deteriorating health afflict Bodo community years after Shell oil spill. In 2008 and 2009, a 55-year-old pipeline owned by Shell ruptured twice, throwing up 600,000 barrels, according to UK court claims, of crude oil into the surrounding creeks of the Niger Delta. In 2015, after …
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. …
