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Callous oil exploration

Colombia

Carbon trap

Use of carbon dioxide in oil recovery continues riding a slithery path

The world is vulnerable to oilspills

But most nations are ill-equipped to protect biodiversity havens

Germans up in arms

South Asia

Trump to shrink two national monuments in Utah to allow drilling, mining

Despite raging protests, the US President will announce his decision in Utah today

Murphy's first law, greased

Troubled waters

Oil exploration may lead to extinction of deep-water coral in the Atlantic

FOLLOW UP

Oil's not well

ONGC is refused permission by the Assam pollution control board for further drilling

Destructive rejection

Slipping out

Shell pulls out of the oil exploration venture in Pakistan's Kirthar National Park

Resounding deaths

Eco-tourism museum for Maracaibo lake

DANGEROUS EXPLORATION

NIGERIA

ILLEGAL SANCTION

DRC: Oil drilling allowed in last refuge of 'Critically Endangered' apes

The UNESCO World Heritage Site is home to half the world’s mountain gorillas

Seized by a sense of urgency, Obama bans oil drilling in large parts of Arctic, Atlantic

Canada also imposed a five-year ban on new licensing in all Arctic waters

Spilling the beans

Oil spills can cause more long-term environmental damage than previously thought of

Oil spoils

That, too, for very long

A rug over Bombay High fire?

A timely exposition on petroleum

THE WORLD OF PETROLEUM B G Deshpande Publisher: Wiley Eastern Ltd, India Price: Rs 250