Three OIL exploration proposals up for consideration in Assam even as Baghjan smoulders

While clearance for Baghjan was opposed by locals during public hearings, such dissent will amount to nothing with the three proposed projects

The Caspian affair

The landlocked Caspian Sea is a cauldron of geopolitics. Its essential ingredients: oil and natural gas

Energised by oil

Energy policy has always been of vital importance in the US. That's why oil and gas executives have taken over the reigns of the government today

Oil that glitters

Petroleum fuels the engines of the global economy. So there is never enough of it. Oil politics dictates international relations

Assam gas leak: NGT orders OIL to pay Rs 25 cr, forms high-level committee

An oil-and-gas well, owned by OIL, at Upper Assam’s Baghjan village caught fire on June 9, after leaking for a fortnight

From barrels to battlefields

Today, it is oil politics that dictates international relations and alliances. Several international conflicts in recent years have been sparked …

ONGC asked to stop drilling

People in Tripura complain to environment ministry

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 2, 2024)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal  

CHINA

Spiked petrol

NIGERIA

VENEZUELA

NIGERIA

COLOMBIA

In hot water

Catastrophe avoided

Colombia

Slippery turf

Pain in the pipeline

Grounded vessel in Chilika lake could spill oil and destroy its marine life

The vessel carrying oil ran aground 20 days ago and has still not been salvaged

Penguins at risk of extinction because of human activity

Oil pollution identified as the biggest manmade cause of penguin deaths worldwide

News Snippets

ONGC returns salvo

Energy taxes

Energy tax exemptions