Ancient Ecosystem Discovered Under Antarctic Ice After 34 Million Years Sparks Global Debate Over Drilling RisksScientists may have found a 34-million-year-old ecosystem sealed under Antarctica's ice, dating back to a warmer era. Evidence suggests mic...
18 Feb, 2026, 07.24 PM IST
Oil’s fair in love and war: How Venezuela, the Arctic and Greenland are rewriting the global energy mapAs 2026 begins, oil is no longer just a traded commodity — it is once again a weapon of geopolitics. From Venezuela’s re-emergence as a str...
10 Jan, 2026, 11.04 PM IST
One of India’s largest hydropower projects in China border region gets key nodThe Oju hydroelectric project in Arunachal Pradesh, a 2,220 MW venture, has received environmental clearance despite concerns. The project,...
23 Sep, 2025, 04.20 PM IST
Rishikesh-Karanprayag rail line tunnel boring work 2nd fastest in world, says top officialRail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) is making significant strides in the Rishikesh-Karanprayag rail line project, achieving remarkable tunnel borin...
15 Apr, 2025, 10.25 PM IST
Your gasoline bill could soar as U.S oil drillers produce more water and gas and less oil from oilfieldsYour gasoline bill could soar as U.S. oil drillers extract more water and gas but less oil from aging fields like the Permian Basin. With r...
28 Mar, 2025, 11.00 PM IST
Donald Trump royally frustrated as Joe Biden uses 72-year-old law to give the President-elect a slap in the faceRecent reports have revealed that US President Joe Biden have permanently banned a latest offshore oil and gas drilling at the US coastal w...
08 Jan, 2025, 02.59 AM IST
Joe Biden issues major coastal protection before Trump handoverUS President Joe Biden has banned offshore drilling across the entire Atlantic and Pacific coasts, as well as parts of the Gulf of Mexico a...
06 Jan, 2025, 03.58 PM IST
Uttarkashi tunnel rescue: How the 12 'rat miners' reached the 41 trapped menRat-hole mining experts are nearing a breakthrough in the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand. After 15 days, workers are close to fre...
28 Nov, 2023, 06.24 PM IST
Environmental damage from Belt and Road Initiative projects on riseChina's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects have caused significant damage to the environment across all countries where they were impl...
13 Jul, 2023, 09.31 AM IST
What China aims to find by drilling a 10-kilometer deep hole into the groundChina's President Xi Jinping called for greater progress in deep Earth exploration in a speech addressing some of the nation’s leading scie...
31 May, 2023, 06.13 PM IST
Brazil's Amazon megaprojects threaten Lula's green ambitionsThe BR-319 highway connects Porto Velho to Manaus. It was abandoned in the 1980s after falling into disuse, but the government has shown si...
07 May, 2023, 07.45 PM IST
Biden plans temporary halt of oil activity in Arctic refugeIssuing leases had been a priority of the Trump administration following a 2017 law calling for lease sales, said Lesli Ellis-Wouters, a sp...
21 Jan, 2021, 11.41 AM IST
Greenpeace activists scale Gazprom oil rig in Russian Arctic to prevent drillingGazprom is to start production from the platform in 2014, raising the risk of an oil spill in an area with three nature reserves.
18 Sep, 2013, 11.38 AM IST
- Spill no reason to halt deep sea drilling: BP chairman
Svanberg stressed that the spill was "an accident that should never have happened," but insisted that continued exploration and production ...
07 Mar, 2011, 06.27 PM IST
- US sets new offshore drilling rules
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs called the new regulations ``a big step forward'' and said they moved the administration closer to...
01 Oct, 2010, 06.44 AM IST
- BP scrambles to contain spill damage, California backs off drilling
British Petroleum readied to launch an unprecedented effort Tuesday to contain a widening oil leak with a giant dome, amid signs of growing...
04 May, 2010, 10.41 AM IST
- RIL set to buy 40% in Atlas shale gas arm for $1.7 bn
The nation’s biggest co to invest $340 mn for stake and pay Atlas’ drilling expenses of up to $1.36 bn over next five-and-a-half years. RIL...
10 Apr, 2010, 06.41 AM IST