Water Pollution

Spill Reported At Shell Gulf Of Mexico Drill Site

The U.S.

Publication Date: 
21/12/2011
Bruce Nichols
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
United States Of America (US), Gulf Of Mexico, Water Pollution, Oil Exploration, Oil Pollution, Environment, Marine Ecosystems
Energy

India's Energy Security under Pressure: Report

India's fragile energy security is under severe pressure due to various reasons, including rising dependence on imported oil, regulatory uncertainty and opaque natural gas pricing policies, a Ficci

Publication Date: 
19/12/2011
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Natural Gas, Oil Exploration, Energy, India, Energy Policy
Energy

24 pc increase in power demand in State

GUWAHATI, Dec 16 – State Power Minister Pradyut Bordoloi today said that there has been a 24 per cent increase in the demand for power in the State from a time when per capita consumption was one o

Publication Date: 
17/12/2011
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
Renewable Energy, Oil India, Petrochemical Industry, Oil Exploration, Energy, Guwahati

Non technical guide to Petroleum Exploration

In attempting to get quickly up to speed on the oil business for the purpose of participating in a few wells as a (very) small investor, I bought about ten books of various sorts. This is one of them, and has turned out to be the one I refer to the most.

First, let me say that there are two different types of books on drilling for oil/gas. Broadly, they are books that concentrate mainly on the financial and legal structure of oil deals and books that concentrate on where it is and how to get it out of the ground. This book is of the second sort.

Publication Date: 
Dec 2011
Norman hyne
Tags:
Oil Exploration, Oil
Energy

Vedanta completes deal with Cairn India

Nearly 15 months after first announcing the deal, Vedanta Resources on Thursday announced the completion of its acquisition of a controlling stake in Cairn India.

Publication Date: 
09/12/2011
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Energy, Power Industry, Rajasthan, India, Oil Exploration, Hindustan Zinc
Environment

Brazil Probes Petrobras Role In Chevron Spill: Report

Brazilian prosecutors are probing the possible involvement of state-led oil company Petrobras in a November offshore oil spill in a field operated by Chevron, the No. 2 U.S.

Publication Date: 
05/12/2011
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Brazil, United States Of America (US), Oil, Oil Exploration, Water Pollution, Environment, Marine Ecosystems, Energy
Energy

Govt Wants Fresh Estimate of RIL’s KG-D6 Reserves

The oil ministry has asked Reliance Industries (RIL) to prepare a fresh estimate of gas reserves in satellite fields of the KG-D6 block and submit a cost assessment for developing the new discoveri

Publication Date: 
03/12/2011
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Krishna, Godavari, Oil Exploration, Petrochemical Industry, India, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, British Petroleum (BP)
Energy

Brazil orders Chevron to shut production well

The Brazilian government has ordered Chevron to shut one of its 11 production wells in an important offshore field where the company suffered an oil leak last month.

Publication Date: 
02/12/2011
Financial Times (London)
Tags:
Brazil, Water Pollution, Oil Exploration, Energy, Oil Pollution, Environment
Energy

RIL Turns to PM, FM for D6 Approvals: Deal with BP not yet fully functional

Reliance Industries (RIL) has told the government that already declining production at its trophy asset, the D6 block in offshore Andhra Pradesh, could plummet drastically if its investment plans a

Publication Date: 
02/12/2011
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
British Petroleum (BP), Reliance Petrochemicals, Petrochemical Industry, India, Energy, Krishna, Godavari, River Basin, Oil Exploration, Natural Gas Exploration
Climate Change

Alms for climate protection

Ecuador's Yasuni-ITT initiative, a pilot project to protect the climate and the rainforest has failed miserably. How might international agreements on environmental protection be achieved in the future?

Publication Date: 
01/12/2011
Peter Korneffel
New Energy
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Tags:
Climate Change, Ecuador, Tropical Forests, Amazon, National Parks, Oil Exploration, REDD, Forest Conservation, Deforestation, Climate Mitigation

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