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Shell starts production at Stones in the Gulf of Mexico; deepest offshore oil and gas project
2016-09-06 16:55:25| Green Car Congress
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Palm oil firm accused of hiring men to kidnap smog inspectors in Indonesia
2016-09-06 10:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Up to 100 Indonesian men, believed to have been hired by a palm oil firm, took a team of official environmental investigators hostage on Friday and threatened to burn them alive, Indonesias environment ministry has said. The government team of seven were documenting illegal forest fires, which are often set ablaze deliberately by agriculture firms to clear land for replanting during the dry season. The ministry of environment and forestry said its team was held overnight until Saturday morning...
Oil prices fall as hopes fade for output freeze action
2016-09-06 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Oil prices have dropped towards $47 a barrel after hopes faded for action from major producers to tackle oversupply.
Negotiations and protests ongoing in wake of oil spills in Peruvian Amazon
2016-09-05 20:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Negotiations on Aug. 31 between national government officials and leaders and residents of Nueva Alianza, an indigenous community in the Peruvian Amazon, ended an impasse over cleanup of about 4,000 barrels of oil that spilled from two pipeline breaks 10 days earlier. But the talks left many questions unanswered and local residents dissatisfied. While the meeting was under way in Nueva Alianza, at the confluence of the Urituyacu and Maraón rivers in Perus northeastern Loreto region, a protest...
China may penalize offshore oil companies for spills: Xinhua
2016-09-05 16:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Chinese government is considering imposing penalties on offshore oil companies that damage marine environment, state media said on Monday, the latest effort by Beijing to clamp down on environmental pollution and tackle risks from oil leaks. The Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council on Monday published an early draft of the regulation, which includes damages for clean-up costs and the restoration of ecological balance in marine environments, according to Xinhua. Companies will also...
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