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Not just Andaman: After fresh gas finds, India expands oil and gas hunt along east coastIndia is intensifying efforts to discover new oil and gas reserves along its eastern offshore frontier by reprocessing decades-old seismic ...
Scientists found a small asteroid visitor near Earth, and it may be a chunk of the MoonA small space rock, 2024 PT5, is fascinating scientists with its Earth-like orbit. Researchers now suggest it might be a piece of the Moon....
Archaeologists discovered ancient stone tools on Sulawesi, and it revealed that hominins reached the island far earlier than expectedNew stone tool discoveries on Sulawesi, Indonesia, have dramatically altered our understanding of early human migration. These artifacts, d...
In 1994, two visitors hiking through the Badlands noticed bones weathering from the ground and uncovered an ancient watering hole filled with fossilsHikers in 1994 stumbled upon fossils in Badlands National Park. This accidental find revealed the Big Pig Dig, an ancient watering hole. Ov...
NASA’s Rover Found a Lost River System Under Mars, And It Changes What We Know About Its PastNASA's Perseverance Rover has uncovered a hidden river delta on Mars. This discovery suggests Mars experienced multiple wet periods, not ju...
Scientists Found Something Strange Under Australia, And It Looks Unnervingly FamiliarHidden below the vast expanse of the Northern Territory lies a mysterious geological phenomenon that is both intriguing and baffling, and h...
Rocks Hidden Beneath the Pacific May Hold a Secret Record of Earth Slowly CoolingGeoscientists are using ancient chert rocks from the Pacific's Shatsky Rise to understand Earth's thermal history. Oxygen isotopes within t...
Scientists Stunned to Find Signs of Ancient Life in a Place No One ExpectedScientists found ancient wrinkle-like structures in Moroccan rocks. These formations, 180 million years old, suggest microbes lived in deep...
The ground feels solid but deep below, Earth is slowly changingBeneath our seemingly stable world, Earth's deep interior is actively shifting. Scientific research reveals that dense rock slowly "drips" ...
Scientists discover 400-mile-long chain of fossilized volcanoes buried beneath ChinaScientists found a huge chain of old volcanoes under South China. This 400-mile-long arc formed 800 million years ago. It happened when two...
Scientists make 'disturbing' discovery on remote island, spot plastic rocks off Brazilian coastGeologist Fernanda Avelar Santos was startled to find an unsettling sign of human impact.
ONGC, OIL big winners of OALP-VII bid round; govt offers 10 block in OALP-VIIIOil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) won three blocks in the OALP-VII round while Oil India Ltd (OIL) won two, according to information p...
ONGC finds oil, gas reserves in Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal to open 2 new basins in IndiaONGC had previously opened six out of India's seven producing basins for commercial production. It is in the process of adding the eighth b...
Diamonds used to "probe" how the Earth was shaped 3.5 billion years agoWhile the diamonds of this study were found in 3 billion-year-old sedimentary rocks, diamond formation occurred much deeper.
NASA maps sand dunes on MarsA new image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a resistant and highly fractured surface among sand dunes on the red planet.
10th round of oil and gas blocks auction this fiscal: Veerappa MoilyThe government is likely to launch the tenth round of auction under New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP) this fiscal.
India to offer 68 blocks in tenth round of New Exploration Licensing PolicyIndia may offer as many as 68 blocks of oil and gas in the 10th round of New Exploration Licensing Policy this year.
- ET in classroom: What is shale gas?
Last week, the govt released its draft policy on auction of blocks of shale gas and oil. ET explains this energy source.
- India launches roadshow for NELP-VII
Expecting a global participation and investments of around $ 8 billion in exploration alone, the govt launched the roadshow of the 7 round ...
- Birla Tech bullish on hydrocarbon sector
Bullish on the growing exploration activities in the domestic hydrocarbon sector, C K Birla Group company, Birla Technical Services (BTS) i...