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 …
The project includes a refinery and a petrochemical complex BPCL expects to get green nod for Rs 2-lakh-cr mega refinery in Konkan belt Bharat Petroleum Corporation chairman D Rajkumar on Monday exuded confidence that the proposed Rs 2 lakh crore mega refinery in the ecologically sensitive Konkan belt will get …
Institutional bottlenecks, funding challenges, disenchantment by affected communities and political interference, among others, may stall the implementation of the Ogoni Cleanup Project, which was launched by the Federal Government one year ago. Though the Hydrocarbon Pollution Restoration Project (HYPREP), has called for expression of interest to prequalify for implementation of …
The government today gave green signal to Reliance Industries Ltd for expansion of its petrochemical complex in Gujarat, entailing investment of Rs 2,100 crore. Near Hazira in Surat district, the complex comprises of naphtha cracker, feeding downstream petrochemical, fibre intermediates and polyester plants. RIL's proposal is to increase production capacities …
Texas companies involved in illegal air pollution releases were penalized by the state in fewer than 3% of all cases,according to a new report. The figure underscores the need for strong federal oversight in a period when the Trump administration is seeking to slash the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget and …
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's lower house of parliament called on Wednesday for ex- president Goodluck Jonathan to testify in an inquiry into the contested sale of an oil block during his tenure, the investigating committee said. Investigations into the $1.3 billion sale in 2011 of oil prospecting licence (OPL) 245, …
Climate change poses one of the biggest long-term risks to the global economy and companies, including big oil and gas firms such as Shell, have to be open about how the risks will affect them, its chief executive said on Tuesday. Shell, one of the biggest oil and gas producing …
The Environmental Protection Agency cannot freeze the implementation of a rule requiring oil and gas companies to fix methane leaks in their equipment, a federal appeals court ruled on Monday in a setback for Donald Trump’s push to cut environmental regulations. The EPA on 5 June announced a stay in …
Amnesty International has launched 'Decode Oil Spills Project,' a revolutionary crowd-sourcing platform that will engage thousands of digital volunteers to help the human rights watchdog ensure justice for communities devastated by oil spills in the Niger Delta. According to a statement issued Monday by Amnesty International, its supporters from all …
The Ogoni leaders have expressed displeasure over the inability of some stakeholders to contribute their own quota of the $1 billion cleanup deal, a situation, which according to them, was also delaying the exercise. They said that it was not enough to present an Ogoni son at the front as …
ExxonMobil has repeatedly claimed to be involved in the fight against climate change, but official documents show it continues to spend millions supporting climate deniers. The company's executives along with a string of other senior representatives at major oil and gas companies including Shell and BP appealed to Donald Trump …
The widows of men who were hanged by Nigeria’s military government in the 1990s have launched a civil case against Shell, accusing it of complicity in their husbands’ executions. Esther Kiobel, the widow of Dr Barinem Kiobel, and three other women whose husbands were hanged in 1995, served a writ …
The snapping of diplomatic ties with Qatar by many Arab countries underlines the precariousness of oil politics. Much of the Middle Eastern politics are on account of, and have a direct bearing on, oil and gas. In fact, many speculators expect oil prices to harden after the Qatar development. But …
DESMI, which is working in partnership with its firms in Nigeria, Samdus Oil and Gas and Axflo Oil and Gas, manufactures equipment that is used to cleanse pollution from water. To ensure that the oil producing environment in Nigeria is free of pollution from toxins and free radicals emitted by …
The Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt has ordered Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) to pay N122 billon as damages to Ejama-Ebubu community in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State for crude oil spillage. Justice Ali Abubakar Gumel dismissed Shell’s appeal for failure to file a competent brief of …
Abuja — The Senate has commenced legislative processes aimed at prohibiting gas flaring and imposing stiffer penalties on defaulting oil and gas firms, as proposed by the Gas Flaring (Prohibition and Punishment) Bill 2017. The bill is intended to address the inadequacies and shortcomings of the Associated Gas Re-Injection Act …
NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal on Thursday directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to set up an experts' panel to examine the harmful effects of petroleum coke or petcoke on human health and environment. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed the Environment Ministry …
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, …
'Even though we are a large company, we are a small company in relation to the overall energy system,' says Shell's Ben van Beurden Getty Royal Dutch Shell has been rapped over its climate change commitments, with shareholders criticising its rejection of emissions targets that would bring it in line …
Lagos, Yenagoa and Abuja — The coastal community of Ikebiri in Southern Ijaw Local Council Area of Bayelsa State has taken ENI, the parent company of Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) to an Italian court seeking compensation for oil spill. The Head of Legal Resources at Environmental Rights Action/Friends of …
State-owned Indian Oil Corp (IOC) has received green nod for upgradation of its Bongaigaon refinery for production of BS-VI grade fuels in Assam at a cost of Rs 4,185 crore. The company wants to upgrade its Bongaigaon Refinery (BGR) as the government aims to implement BS-VI fuel in the entire …
