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 …
US OFFICIALS said BP Plc killed its Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico after creating another cement seal, plugging the source of the largest offshore oil spill in US history.
KOLKATA, 13 Sept: The managing committee of the proposed petroleum, chemicals and petrochemicals investment region (PCPIR) at Nayachar today decided that the required documentation to secure environmental clearance would be submitted to the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) within a few days. The first meeting of the managing committee …
KANPUR: Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) director RD Goyal visited the company's plant in Auraiya on Sunday and ordered a probe into the fire that broke out at the plant on Saturday. A senior official of GAIL was killed while three others sustained serious burns when the fire broke …
THE Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) claims on its website that it sold crude oil (2004-08) worth $3,346 billion to G-7 countries, but G-7 countries got $3,418 billion by way of taxes on the price. Opec says the real villains are the governments that use petrol as a …
Large mining projects can be salvaged from potential political controversies if the government adopts the model used in oil and gas sector for exploration of other minerals too, the Confederation of Indian Industry president Hari Bhartia has said. This is the first time an industry chamber has commented on the …
NEW DELHI, Aug 25 – The Power Ministers of the North Eastern States have called for roll back of the hike in prices of natural gas in the region to stabilise the pricing of the power. Faced with the prospect of witnessing all its gas power plants turning into economically …
May Have To Pay Up To $20 B To Clean Up Areas Polluted Due to Faulty Drilling In Equador Hugh Bronstein LAGO AGRIO, ECUADOR ARUN-DOWN court building that also houses the local casino in this Amazon jungle town is the unlikely venue for the largest environmental damages lawsuit ever tried. …
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry has provided a block in the 609 sq-km Sohagpur Coalfield, in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol and Umaria districts, to France-based Geopetrol International Incorporated consortium Reliance Natural Limited and Reliance Infrastructure Ltd for prospecting coal-bed methane. A petroleum exploration deed was inked here yesterday by the …
Cos Still Reel Under Subsidy Burden As Kerosene, Cooking Gas Not DecontrolledTHE petroleum ministry will support disinvestment in two stateowned oil majors ONGC and Indian Oil Corporation only after there is clarity on the subsidy sharing formula even as the ministry is examining a proposal by the disinvestment department.
BP SAID it controlled the pressure in the damaged Gulf of Mexico oil well with drilling mud, moving a step closer to permanently sealing the source of the world
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has signed 86 memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with different firms during the last five years for setting up industries in steel, alumina, cement and energy sectors out of which 32 units have gone into production. Besides, 72,561 persons have got employment in these units directly or …
ON JULY 15th a 75-tonne cap closed off the Macondo well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. The flow of oil ceased, for the first time in the three months since a blowout in the well doomed the rig which had drilled it, Deepwater Horizon. The cap is …
Concerned that the country would not have gas supply to the tune of over 450 million standard cubic metre per day (mmscmd) required for its greenfield and brownfield power projects in the foreseeable future, the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) is likely to discuss ways of prioritising the applicants through …
Kenner (Louisiana): Government investigators looking into the causes of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion are colliding with a frequent obstacle: witnesses canceling their scheduled testimonies. So far, nine witnesses have withheld or delayed testimony before a panel of government officials. Many were top-ranking officials aboard the rig, with critical …
US Govt Orders Firm To Submit Emergency Plan New Orleans: The US government ordered BP to submit an emergency plan for reopening its capped Gulf of Mexico oil well after experts detected seepage from the surrounding seabed. Tensions emerged as the government
HALDIA, 13 JULY: Many industries which deal with hazardous chemicals and highly inflammable articles in Haldia have not yet been able to launch their own risk management system in order to prevent any industrial or chemical disaster. Apart from some major industrial units like Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, Haldia Petrochemicals …
