India to adopt uniform licensing for gas, oil exploration

Policy proposed to bring uniformity in contractual provisions for exploration and production of all types of hydrocarbon resources, says minister …

Baghjan blowout verdict: NGT flags violations by OIL, offers respite to affected

Blowout, fire could have been prevented by OIL, said eight-member committee of experts 

Biden approves the Willow project — What is it and why has it invited so much backlash?

The vast oil drilling project in Alaska is inconsistent with President Biden’s pledges to lead on climate action

Kaziranga’s no-development zone has 90 factories

Green tribunal orders closure of all industries that began operations after the zone was notified in 1996; others to use clean fuel

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

‘50 years of deception’: California sues five Big Oil companies for lying about climate change

Lawsuit against oil and gas companies for “creating, contributing and assisting in the creation of state-wide climate change-related harms …

Rechargeable batteries: UNCTAD report warns of raw material uncertainties

A few countries control reserves of key inputs like cobalt, manganese, lithium, graphite

Coal liquefaction: India’s ticket to energy independence?

The Indian government should facilitate in bringing leading foreign companies investing in domestic Coal-To-Liquid projects with private Indian …

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

Fossil fuel industry’s posturing in climate debate: OPEC gets COP28 pavilion

Report by group of countries exporting oil predicts 16-million-barrel-a-day increase in oil consumption through 2045, contradicting IEA claims

Simply Put: Reinventing fire

Bloggers bust BP

Photograph>> Oil Spill • The US

Simply Put: Soft landing

Simply Put: LPG vs firewood

Simply Put: Costly LPG

As told to Parliament (March 10, 2021): 280 million LPG consumers in India

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Brown oil and silvery sheen

DAHR JAMAIL visited Louisiana fisheries on harvest day but found the catch sordid

Emissions from oil have risen most during last one year; overall global carbon emission reached all time high

Emission reduction reaches a plateau; overshoot to 1.5-degree Celsius rise inevitable; says multiple reports

Simply Put: Full of gas

Odisha begins process to extract oil from grounded ship in Chilika

The Malaysian ship has been lying grounded in the lake since August 7

COVID-19: Why the crisis is different for the crude oil industry

Low prices, sparse storage pressure producers; any consensus may be short-lived

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MNRE launches scheme to incentivise production of green hydrogen

Rs 17,490 crore has been set aside for the Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Transition (SIGHT) programme, to bolster domestic …