The Star Petroleum Refining Public Company said the leak occurred at about 9 pm. local time Tuesday at a mooring station about 20 kilometer...

The total area under guar crop is 35 lakh hectares.

The price of the commodity has fallen to Rs 89 per kg from Rs 105 per kg a month ago.

Kedia said exports in the current financial year may not cross last year’s figure of 3.65 lakh tonnes.

Alternative fracking agents such as slick water and friction reducer from China are posing stiff competition to Indian guar gum.

Researchers, including those of Indian-origin, have developed an eco-friendly biodegradable green "herding" agent that can be used to clean...

Derived from plant-based molecule phytol abundant in marine environment, the new substance would potentially replace chemical herders.

The oil spill off Mumbai coast last week is a wake-up call for all ports.

Engineers hoped on Monday to make more headway in their bid to contain a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico after energy giant BP anno...

A cap collected some of the oil spewing out of the blown-out Gulf well, but black crude was still leaking into the sea, and officials said ...

BP says it was about halfway done slicing through the pipe when the diamond-tipped saw snagged.

Plugging the oil spill seems about as harebrained.

US President Barack Obama meets with top advisers Friday to discuss the "next steps" to stem a giant sea of oil lapping the fragile Gulf Co...

US Gulf coast may be facing a whole new level of environmental disaster after the best short-term fix for a massive oil spill failed.

British Petroleum readied to launch an unprecedented effort Tuesday to contain a widening oil leak with a giant dome, amid signs of growing...

Oil prices hovered near $86 a barrel Monday in Asia as traders eyed whether a massive crude spill in the Gulf of Mexico would slow imports ...

Oil has been found as far as 120 kilometres (75 miles) southeast of South Korea's worst spill, the Coast Guard said on Saturday, as foreign...