ONGCignores green rules

Oil company did not restore abandoned well sites in Tripura

Companies for carbon sequestration undersea for more oil

Flame in the rainforest

LATHA JISHNU discovers how indigenous communities in Ecuador are fighting to protect Amazonia from oil extraction

News 360° - Briefs

US clears way for Shell’s oil exploration in the Arctic

Environment activists say a possible oil spill in the future could cause irreversible damage to the fragile ecosystem off the coast of Alaska

Beyond oil

Energy security will not come with more drilling. The faster we realise this, the better

High and dry

India's energy supplies depend entirely on the vagaries of the market

Arctic rush driven by desire to control hydrocarbon deposits, shipping routes

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

News 360°-Brief

From barrels to battlefields

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

US firm to explore oil beneath Black Sea

Indonesia to dump hot mud in Java Sea

Alaska off the hook

Loan for Peru's LNG project

Oil companies eye tribal territory in Peru

Assam fire: MB Lal Committee recommendations not implemented for a decade

One of the recommendations, of building emergency response centres to handle major oil fires was to be completed in 2014

Argentina scraps deal with UK to share oil found off Falkland Islands

Battle over oil, coal & forests

IN COURT

Bordering countries agree to protect Caspian Sea

In court

Ecuador decides to forgo tapping major oil fields, seeks compensation