U.S. States Move To Ban Offshore Drilling

Betsy Ross 3 years ago Region: United States

In the wake of the Louisiana BP explosion and disaster, and at the behest, of course, of those also governmentally funded environmental groups in the United States, two states have made noise about banning offshore drillin... more

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Deepwater Horizon Rig Disaster Threatens Drilling

Zayad12 3 years ago Region: United States

BP Plc last September tapped into a new oilfield called Tiber, estimated to hold at least 3 billion barrels of crude, or six months’ worth of U.S. consumption. Discovered through seismic imaging and data crunched on... more

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Spanish oil giant targets uncontacted indians’ rainforest

Survivalinternational 3 years ago Region: Peru

Spanish-Argentine oil giant Repsol YPF has applied to Peru’s government to cut 454 kilometres of seismic lines and construct 152 heliports in its search for oil on uncontacted tribes’ land i... more

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Is it Royalty or Compensation.

Ahmad Abang 3 years ago Region: Malaysia

 Daro, Malaysia:   The controversy concerning the two terms above seemed to be reluctant to go away from the public’s mind. It is not so much as to pin down the real definition of the two terms.   ... more

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Breast cancer related to frequent use of some anti-perspirants - make your own deodorant from salt

Anne Hart 3 years ago Region: United States

First, take a look at the study or even the abstract, "An earlier age of breast cancer diagnosis related to more frequent use of anti-perspirants/deodorants and underarm shaving," McGrath EKG, published December, 2003... more

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Nepali petroleum pump workers postpone strike; oil to become available

Mohan Nepali 3 years ago Region: Nepal

Petroleum pump workers based in eastern Nepal on Tuesday declared the postponement of their strike as it caused inconvenience to people due to the closure of petroleum pumps. Govinda Prasad Rijal, Coordinator of All Nepal... more

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Oil Refinery Explodes in Puerto Rico

Global Voices 3 years ago Region: Puerto Rico

At around 12:30 am on Friday, October 23, the Gulf Oil Refinery (Caribbean Petroleum Company-CAPECO) in Bayamón (in the metropolitan area), Puerto Rico, exploded massively.  Almost 20 tanks have exploded since ... more

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Uganda Oil Discovery Stokes Ethnic Tensions

IWPR 3 years ago Region: Uganda

Oil bonanza is overshadowed by a tribal land dispute. By Bill Oketch in Kampala (AR No 229, 08-Sep-09) The discovery of vast reserves of oil in western Uganda has sparked widespread conflict over land ownership, as et... more

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Impasse Stalls Nepal’s New Government

Amit Pyakurel 3 years ago Region: Nepal

Starting his job at the office PM Madhav Kumar Nepal came up with rather an optimistic note calling for the politics of consensus and cooperation for the way ahead at this difficult time, yet the terms being clichéd... more

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China acquires Nippon Oil

Wang Fangqing 3 years ago Region: China

 The Chinese government has approved China National Petroleum Corp to buy 49 percent shares in its Japanese counterpart - Nippon Oil Corp to set up a joint venture in Japan.   The JV will refine the crude o... more

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