Global gas flaring tracker report 2023
The latest Global Gas Flaring Tracker Report, a leading global and independent indicator of gas flaring, finds that global gas flaring decreased by three percent to 139 bcm in 2022 from 144 bcm in 2021.
Natural Gas Exploration
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Householders will have to wait at least five years for fracking payments
The government has admitted that payments of up to £10,000 a household for living near a fracking well would not be distributed until a new site begins operating and producing gas – at least five years
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In a first, natural gas hydrates discovered in the Indian Ocean
"This is the first discovery of its kind in the Indian Ocean that has the potential to be producible," USGS said in a statement. A large natural gas discovery has been made in the Indian Ocean following
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Fracking 'will break UK climate targets unless rules are made stricter'
Shale gas production will break the UK’s climate change targets unless there is stricter regulation now, according to the government’s official advisers. More action to cut carbon emissions in other
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Environment Minister not a hurdle for gas E&P projects: Prakash Javadekar
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today said his department will be proactive in providing clearances to gas exploration and production (E&P) projects. “For production, finding or drilling of gas,
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White House says to defend fracking rules in the courts
White House says to defend fracking rules in the courts The White House said on Wednesday it would continue to defend in the courts its legal authority to set rules governing hydraulic fracturing on public
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Non-energy companies showing interest in oil & gas fields
Indian corporates that are not in the energy sector are queuing up to compete with foreign firms to acquire discovered oil and gas fields being auctioned, marking a promising start to the country's first
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New algorithm cuts cost, pollution during gas extraction
While extracting natural gas, minimising the environmental consequences above-ground is now possible at a reasonable expense by a newly found algorithm, scientists have said. Extracting gas from shale
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NGT directs State to clear air on shale gas exploration issue
CHENNAI: The Southern Bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday directed the State government to submit a report on its stand on the shale gas exploration allegedly done by the Oil and Natural
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Local land use planning responses to hydraulic fracturing
<p>The practice of horizontal high-volume hydraulic fracturing (fracking) has become widespread in many areas of the United States, yet the regulatory landscape for local governments is highly variable
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Western Ghats under threat: Report
Many natural and mixed World Heritage Sites, including the Western Ghats, are threatened by harmful industrial activities such as mining, says a report. The harmful industrial activities include oil