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Greta Thunberg Joins Protest In France Against 8 Planned Oil Wells
Ecological activist Greta Thunberg Sunday joined a protest in the south-west of France against eight planned oil wells, which in theory will be banned in the country by 2040.
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Kyiv Says Repossessed Black Sea Oil Platform In Moscow Control Since 2015
Kyiv said Monday its forces had retaken control of an oil and gas drilling platform in the Black Sea that had been controlled by Moscow since 2015.
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Biden Bars New Oil And Gas Drilling In Vast Region Of Alaska
US President Joe Biden's administration announced Wednesday it is banning new oil and gas drilling over a vast region of Alaska home to iconic animal species.
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Britain PM Rishi Sunak Backs Plans For New UK Oil And Gas Exploration
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has backed plans for new fossil fuel drilling off Britain's coast, saying in a Sunday newspaper interview he would be "pragmatic and proportionate" about reaching net zero.
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ONGC To Invest $2 Billion To Drill Record 103 Wells In Mumbai Offshore
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has three main assets off the west coast - Mumbai High, Heera and Neelam, and Bassein and Satellite, which contributed the bulk of 21.7 million tonnes of oil and 21.68 billion cubic metres of gas it produced in 2021-22.
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Thieves Drill Hole Into Underground Pipeline To Steal Crude Oil In Bihar
Thieves dug a six-meters-deep pit and drilled a hole into an underground pipeline to steal crude oil in a village in Bihar's Khagaria district, officials said today.
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This Decade's Oil Boom Is Moving Offshore - Way Offshore
Global oil companies are pumping billions of dollars into offshore drilling, reversing a long decline in spending on the decades-long projects including some in the remote iceberg waters far off Canada's Atlantic coast.
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Ukraine Attacks Crimea Oil Drilling Platforms, 1st Since Russia Invasion
The head of Moscow-controlled Crimea on Monday accused Ukraine of firing on oil drilling platforms off the coast of the peninsula that was annexed by Russia in 2014.
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ONGC Videsh Starts Its First Oil, Gas Exploratory Drilling Campaign In Bangladesh
ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) on Thursday announced that it has started exploration of a well in an offshore block in Bangladesh. OVL has become the first Indian entity to search for oil and gas in the neighbouring nation.
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Oil Posts Biggest Week Of Losses In Nine Months As Delta Variant Spreads
While the Delta variant drags on fuel demand, supply is steadily increasing. U.S. production rose to 11.4 million barrels per day in the most recent week, and drilling firms added rigs for the third week in a row, services company Baker Hughes said.
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Oil Jumps 5% After 7 Days Of Losses, Boosted By Weaker Dollar
While the pandemic drags on fuel demand, supply is steadily increasing. U.S. production rose and drilling companies added rigs for the third week in a row, services company Baker Hughes said.
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Biden Administration Halts Oil Drilling In Alaska Wildlife Refuge
US President Joe Biden's administration announced Tuesday it was halting petroleum development activity in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, reversing a move by former president Donald Trump to allow drilling.
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Oil Workers Kidnapped In Arunachal Seen In Video Pleading For Release
In a video message from an undisclosed location, two employees of an oil drilling company who were kidnapped in Arunachal Pradesh last month have appealed to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Assam's Sarbananda Sonowal to step up efforts to have them released.
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Trump Administration Readies Oil Bidding In Alaska Wildlife Refuge
The Trump administration on Wednesday will open bidding on drilling leases in a pristine Arctic wildlife refuge in Alaska despite tepid interest from the oil and gas industry and a pledge from incoming Democratic President-elect Joe Biden to protect the region.
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Assam: Pollution Control Board Withdraws Closure Notice To Oil India
The Pollution Control Board, Assam, on Monday, has withdrawn the closure notice which directed Oil India Limited (OIL) to "close down" all production and drilling operations of all the installations of Baghjan oilfield in Tinsukia district.
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Greta Thunberg Joins Protest In France Against 8 Planned Oil Wells
Ecological activist Greta Thunberg Sunday joined a protest in the south-west of France against eight planned oil wells, which in theory will be banned in the country by 2040.
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Kyiv Says Repossessed Black Sea Oil Platform In Moscow Control Since 2015
Kyiv said Monday its forces had retaken control of an oil and gas drilling platform in the Black Sea that had been controlled by Moscow since 2015.
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Biden Bars New Oil And Gas Drilling In Vast Region Of Alaska
US President Joe Biden's administration announced Wednesday it is banning new oil and gas drilling over a vast region of Alaska home to iconic animal species.
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Britain PM Rishi Sunak Backs Plans For New UK Oil And Gas Exploration
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has backed plans for new fossil fuel drilling off Britain's coast, saying in a Sunday newspaper interview he would be "pragmatic and proportionate" about reaching net zero.
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ONGC To Invest $2 Billion To Drill Record 103 Wells In Mumbai Offshore
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has three main assets off the west coast - Mumbai High, Heera and Neelam, and Bassein and Satellite, which contributed the bulk of 21.7 million tonnes of oil and 21.68 billion cubic metres of gas it produced in 2021-22.
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Thieves Drill Hole Into Underground Pipeline To Steal Crude Oil In Bihar
Thieves dug a six-meters-deep pit and drilled a hole into an underground pipeline to steal crude oil in a village in Bihar's Khagaria district, officials said today.
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This Decade's Oil Boom Is Moving Offshore - Way Offshore
Global oil companies are pumping billions of dollars into offshore drilling, reversing a long decline in spending on the decades-long projects including some in the remote iceberg waters far off Canada's Atlantic coast.
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Ukraine Attacks Crimea Oil Drilling Platforms, 1st Since Russia Invasion
The head of Moscow-controlled Crimea on Monday accused Ukraine of firing on oil drilling platforms off the coast of the peninsula that was annexed by Russia in 2014.
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ONGC Videsh Starts Its First Oil, Gas Exploratory Drilling Campaign In Bangladesh
ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) on Thursday announced that it has started exploration of a well in an offshore block in Bangladesh. OVL has become the first Indian entity to search for oil and gas in the neighbouring nation.
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Oil Posts Biggest Week Of Losses In Nine Months As Delta Variant Spreads
While the Delta variant drags on fuel demand, supply is steadily increasing. U.S. production rose to 11.4 million barrels per day in the most recent week, and drilling firms added rigs for the third week in a row, services company Baker Hughes said.
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Oil Jumps 5% After 7 Days Of Losses, Boosted By Weaker Dollar
While the pandemic drags on fuel demand, supply is steadily increasing. U.S. production rose and drilling companies added rigs for the third week in a row, services company Baker Hughes said.
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Biden Administration Halts Oil Drilling In Alaska Wildlife Refuge
US President Joe Biden's administration announced Tuesday it was halting petroleum development activity in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, reversing a move by former president Donald Trump to allow drilling.
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Oil Workers Kidnapped In Arunachal Seen In Video Pleading For Release
In a video message from an undisclosed location, two employees of an oil drilling company who were kidnapped in Arunachal Pradesh last month have appealed to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Assam's Sarbananda Sonowal to step up efforts to have them released.
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Trump Administration Readies Oil Bidding In Alaska Wildlife Refuge
The Trump administration on Wednesday will open bidding on drilling leases in a pristine Arctic wildlife refuge in Alaska despite tepid interest from the oil and gas industry and a pledge from incoming Democratic President-elect Joe Biden to protect the region.
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Assam: Pollution Control Board Withdraws Closure Notice To Oil India
The Pollution Control Board, Assam, on Monday, has withdrawn the closure notice which directed Oil India Limited (OIL) to "close down" all production and drilling operations of all the installations of Baghjan oilfield in Tinsukia district.
