10 Species 10 Years Later
<p>This report, 10 Species, 10 Years Later, summarizes the best information available about the wildlife featured. We selected these species for many reasons: They represent different types of affected
British Petroleum (BP)
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RIL, BP submit revised field development plan
With KG-D6 output hitting an all- time low, Reliance Industries and its British partner BP plc have submitted to the government a revised field development plan for enhancing gas production from MA field in the block. RIL-BP propose to drill one gas production well on the MA oilfield in the eastern offshore KG-DWN-98/3 or KG-D6 block besides intervention jobs in at least two of the existing six wells on the fields, sources privy to the development said.
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ONGC inks exploration agreement with US energy major ConocoPhillips
India’s state-run Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has joined hands with ConocoPhillips for exploration and development of 19 deepwater oil and gas blocks. The two companies would also be collaborating in shale-gas exploration. ConocoPhillips is the third-largest integrated energy company in the US and the fifth-largest refiner in the world. This partnership, however, could result in ONGC offering equity stakes in some of its blocks in India to ConocoPhillips.
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BP Refinery Leaks Acid In Texas City; No Injuries
Hydrofluoric acid (HF) leaked from an alkylation unit at BP Plc's 406,570-barrels-per-day refinery in Texas City, Texas on Tuesday morning, triggering alarms in the plant and warnings to area residents,
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Gazprom trips in India as shale upends Asia gas markets
Gazprom, the world’s largest natural-gas exporter, is struggling to get a foothold in the Asian markets leading global economic growth. The Russian company’s plan to supply liquefied natural gas to India from 2016, the year the US is set to start gas exports, is faltering after buyers said they’re looking for cheaper fuel from North America. Last year, decade-long talks to supply pipeline gas to China foundered over price disagreements.
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BP's $7.8 billion deal may speed payments for U.S. spill
The estimated $7.8 billion deal struck by BP Plc with businesses and individuals suing over the massive 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill could speed up payments to thousands of claimants and offers lawyers
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Accord Reached Settling Lawsuit Over BP Oil Spill
BP and the lawyers for plaintiffs in the trial over the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico have agreed to settle their case. Judge Carl J. Barbier of Federal District Court in New Orleans issued an
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Start of Trial on Gulf Oil Spill Is Delayed Amid Talk of a Settlement
The civil trial over America’s biggest oil spill has been delayed for a week as efforts to settle the multibillion-dollar litigation intensify. Proceedings were scheduled to begin Monday, but on Sunday
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Govt. mulls action against RIL for fall in KG-D6 output
With the production from the once prolific Krishna Godavari basin D6 block of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) projected to decline to 27 million standard cubic metres per day (mscmd) by April this year,
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U.S. in Accord With Mexico on Drilling
The United States and Mexico reached agreement on Monday on regulating oil and gas development along their maritime border in the Gulf of Mexico, ending years of negotiations and potentially opening more
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Settlement Talks Pick Up Ahead of BP Oil Spill Trial
Nearly two years after the oil rig explosion that killed 11 people and spilled millions of barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, the myriad plaintiffs suing BP and other companies over the disaster