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From gas to oil, courtesy winter

Thorough overhaul

Oil's not well in Nigeria

Mumbai oil spill: threat to marine life, coast

Authorities shrug off questions about liability

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

Oil's well that ends well

Spilling the beans

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

A rug over Bombay High fire?

Electrifying offshore platforms targets a tiny fraction of the oil industry’s emissions

Configuration & location of some of the older installations mean that electrification will prove to be prohibitively expensive

Making India energy-independent by 2047: A look at PM Modi’s blueprint

The PM’s remarks come a few months before India is projected to miss its goal of reducing crude oil import dependence by 2022

Nigerian government sets up fund to clean up Ogoniland oil spill

Amnesty International has warned that Ogoniland's environment may never be restored

Italian oil major ENI lobbied for more fossil fuels despite 1970 internal report warning of dangers; faces lawsuit

The climate lawsuit, if brought to the court, will be the first of its kind in Italy

ONGC to resume mining in Nagaland

MONEYMAKERS

Oil palm plantations proved to be a disaster in Mizoram — is Assam next?

Oil palm plantations must be strictly prohibited in the region to protect its rich biodiversity

Dangote launches Africa’s biggest oil refinery — 4 ways it will affect Nigeria

It is the first privately owned crude oil refinery in Nigeria

But where does the engine oil go?

Such an oily feeling

A myth is broken

Sub-marine sleuths

Bunker 2

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Huge slick

Pipeline for peace