AHMEDABAD: Gujarat high court has issued notices to all concerned authorities and Essar Oil Ltd as well as Essar Power Gujarat Ltd over a petition filed by farmers of Nana Mandha village of Jam Kha

Hundreds of protesters gathered in the Chinese financial hub of Shanghai on Saturday to oppose plans for a lithium battery factory, highlighting growing social tension over pollution.

Cairn India has written to the oil ministry stating that a large portion of its KG basin block is not conducive for exploration as the cabinet committee on investment (CCI) retained ‘No Go’ restrictions on the middle part of the diagonally square block.

The CCI had earlier this year lifted the defence ministry's ‘No Go’ restrictions on just a portion of its KG-OSN-2009/3 block.

Even while trade and industry have been demanding the reopening of the GAIL pipeline project, citing the energy needs of the region, farmers are united against its unilateral implementation in its

The Rangarajan committee report was facing flak from the finance, power and fertiliser ministries over its recommendations on pricing

The fate of the Rangarajan Committee's recommendations is hanging in the balance after the postponement of a meeting of empowered group of ministers (EGoM) on natural gas. Not only does there appear to be no meeting ground on the issue of a pricing formula proposed by the committee, the petroleum ministry wants another committee headed by Vijay Kelkar to look into the other major recommendation of moving to the revenue sharing model in exploration and production.

BP has been hit with 2,200 lawsuits linked to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster as individuals, companies and government entities scramble to meet a three-year deadline for spill-related claims a

Australia's coastline mining industry undergoing a boom as rules relaxed, but Unesco site to be protected under heritage rules

A massive gas-conditioning plant near Sale that will unlock a more carbon-intensive gas field off Victoria's east coast has been approved by the Environment Protection Authority.

Draft of shale gas policy has been sent for inter-ministerial consultation-to ministry of finance, environment, law & planning commission. As the government is trying to finalise a shale gas policy, it wants to build in environmental safeguards into the overall framework.

The ministry of petroleum and natural gas is engaged in extensive consultations with the environment ministry to ensure that once the actual work starts there are no glitches. According to an official close to the development, the draft of shale gas policy has been sent for inter-ministerial consultation—to the ministry of finance, environment, law and planning commission.

The BG group will hand over control of Gujarat Gas to GSPC by the end of this month after the stateowned company acquired a controlling 73.7% stake for . 2,810 crore.