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Oil, natural gas reserves in Godavari river basin land: BSIP
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Oil, natural gas reserves in Godavari river basin land: BSIP

Hindustan Times  

Scientists at the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences have hinted at the probability of oil and natural gas reserves in the terrestrial sequence of the Godavari River basin. “Sequence Stratigraphy is a technique used by geologists to study rock layers to understand how they have been deposited over time due to the gradual changes in the sea levels. The scientists …

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Radar study puts spotlight on Saturn moon Titan's hydrocarbon seas
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Radar study puts spotlight on Saturn moon Titan's hydrocarbon seas

The Hindu  

NASA's Cassini spacecraft, which explored Saturn and its icy moons, including the majestic Titan, ended its mission with a death plunge into the giant ringed planet in 2017. Cassini's radar observations are providing intriguing new details about the seas of liquid hydrocarbons on the surface of Titan, our solar system's second-largest moon and a place of interest in the search …

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ONGC and Indian Oil partner up to establish LNG plant near Hatta Gas Field
6 months, 2 weeks ago

ONGC and Indian Oil partner up to establish LNG plant near Hatta Gas Field

Hindustan Times  

ONGC and Indian Oil will together, establish a small-scale Liquefied Natural Gas plant near the Hatta Gas Field in the Vindhyan Basin. India's sedimentary basins, covering a total area of 3.4 million square kilometres, are divided into three categories: Category I: The ones which have hydrocarbon reserves and are already producing hydrocarbon products. The company in March 2022, decided to …

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India seeks to build its first strategic natural gas reserves by using depleted hydrocarbon wells
1 year, 1 month ago

India seeks to build its first strategic natural gas reserves by using depleted hydrocarbon wells

Firstpost  

India has five million tonnes of strategic petroleum reserves but no storage facilities for natural gas. India is looking to establish its first strategic natural gas reserves by using old, depleted hydrocarbon wells for the storage of fuel with an aim to create a buffer against potential disruptions in global gas supplies. Despite possessing five million tonnes of strategic petroleum …

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Modi, MBS boost hydrocarbon ties
1 year, 3 months ago

Modi, MBS boost hydrocarbon ties

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman agreed to elevate the hydrocarbon relationship between the two nations into a comprehensive strategic energy partnership in New Delhi on Monday. Saudi Arabia currently ranks as India's third-largest supplier, and Modi hailed Saudi Arabia as "one of the most important strategic partners for India." …

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India to resume operations at stalled hydrocarbon block in Iraq
1 year, 5 months ago

India to resume operations at stalled hydrocarbon block in Iraq

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI : At a time when Iraq has emerged as a major supplier of crude oil to India, the Centre is looking at resuming operations of state-run ONGC Videsh Ltd’s hydrocarbon exploration block in Iraq, which has been under force majeure since 2003, said two people with knowledge of the development. The JCM was held during the visit of …

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Diamonds are created from THIN AIR
2 years, 9 months ago

Diamonds are created from THIN AIR

Daily Mail  

It may seem like a thing of fantasy, but a luxury jewellery startup has created diamonds that are made from thin air. It bills them as carbon-negative diamonds by claiming to extract 20 tonnes of CO2 from the air for every one carat diamond sold. Barely believable: Aether has created diamonds that are made from the air by pulling carbon …

Air Carat Gems Hydrocarbon Created Diamonds Extract Co2 Aether
Stalin to Drop Cases Against Kudankulam Protesters Among Others
3 years, 6 months ago

Stalin to Drop Cases Against Kudankulam Protesters Among Others

News 18  

Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin said on Thursday his government will withdraw cases against those who took part in protests, including the Chennai-Salem highway, the Kudankulam nuclear power plant, and the hydrocarbon extraction in the Delta region. “Arignar Anna was a progression of the Justice Party, and M Karunanidhi was a profession of Anna, and I’m a progression of …

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Tamil Nadu CM Stalin writes to PM Modi seeking cancelation of hydrocarbon extraction from Cauvery basin
3 years, 6 months ago

Tamil Nadu CM Stalin writes to PM Modi seeking cancelation of hydrocarbon extraction from Cauvery basin

India Today  

Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin stated that Cauvery Basin is the bedrock of Tamil Nadu’s food security and agro-based economy from time immemorial and claimed that the ecologically fragile zone supports the livelihood of millions of farmers and farmworkers. He also said that the Government of Tamil Nadu has consistently opposed hydrocarbon exploration and extraction projects in the Cauvery basin …

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Tamil Nadu Dalit farmers say hydrocarbon projects snuffing out hopes of brighter future, vow to carry on fight
4 years, 9 months ago

Tamil Nadu Dalit farmers say hydrocarbon projects snuffing out hopes of brighter future, vow to carry on fight

Firstpost  

After the Tamil Nadu government acquired land for hydrocarbon projects, Dalits lost access to it “Do you see that fire burning?” Shanthi Shanmugam, an agricultural labourer from Pazhaiyapalayam village, in Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu, added: “It burns over our heads 24X7. The report quoted the Central Pollution Control Board’s observations on Anaimangalam oil spill: “Oil leakages are occurring regularly …

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Kaveri delta: How Tamil Nadu's new protected special agricultural zone will impact livelihoods
4 years, 9 months ago

Kaveri delta: How Tamil Nadu's new protected special agricultural zone will impact livelihoods

Firstpost  

Kaveri Urimai Meetpu Kuzhu coordinator P. Maniarasan says that he and hundreds of other farmers are sceptical not about the spirit of the bill but about its efficacy to address the emerging threats. By KA Shaji Octogenarian farmer Mannargudi S. Ranganathan is all praise for the bill passed by Tamil Nadu assembly, declaring the Kaveri delta region in the state …

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Protected Special Agricultural Zone in Tamil Nadu’s Cauvery delta: Experts seek powers to implementing authority
4 years, 10 months ago

Protected Special Agricultural Zone in Tamil Nadu’s Cauvery delta: Experts seek powers to implementing authority

The Hindu  

It was the 1977 Assembly election. “When you cannot act against existing hydrocarbon projects, I am clueless what benefit the law is going to give to farmers in the delta,” says K.N. The Union Minister had made it clear to Mr. Palaniswami on the amendment to regulations on oil and gas exploration projects that “the final decision as to whether …

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Have you closed the existing hydrocarbon wells, Stalin asks CM
4 years, 10 months ago

Have you closed the existing hydrocarbon wells, Stalin asks CM

The Hindu  

CHENNAI Raising the issue of the existing hydrocarbon wells in the Cauvery delta, DMK president M.K. Stalin on Wednesday said it was incumbent upon the Centre to announce the closure of the wells to give credence to the Chief Minister’s announcement that no more hydrocarbon projects will be allowed in the region. The CM is unable to say that the …

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Anti-hydrocarbon activist hopes to take Neduvasal to greater heights
5 years ago

Anti-hydrocarbon activist hopes to take Neduvasal to greater heights

The Hindu  

He has been at the forefront of two of the most significant and successful mass movements witnessed by the State in recent times – the anti-hydrocarbon protest at Neduvasal in 2017 and, more recently, a ‘kudimaramathu’ initiative propelled by the youth in Thanjavur and Pudukottai districts. As president of the Kadaimadai Area Integrated Farmers’ Association, Mr. Ramkumar spearheaded the renovation …

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Chennai: Cauvery ryots protest hydrocarbon projects
5 years, 6 months ago

Chennai: Cauvery ryots protest hydrocarbon projects

Deccan Chronicle  

Thanjavur: Members of Cauvery Urimai Meetpu Kuzhu protested against the proposed hydrocarbon projects by organising sit-in agitations in ten villages in Thanjavur district on Tuesday. They shouted slogans like "Don't bring hydrocarbon and don't stop Cauvery water". Maniarasan told presspersons that proposed hydrocarbon projects and Cauvery water are twin major issues faced by Cauvery delta farmers now. With respect to …

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Thanjavur: Delta farmers to intensify stir against hydrocarbon projects
5 years, 6 months ago

Thanjavur: Delta farmers to intensify stir against hydrocarbon projects

Deccan Chronicle  

THANJAVUR: The ‘Cuavery Urimai Meetpu Kuzhu’ has decided to organise sit-in agitations at various places in the Cauvery delta districts on July 2 protesting against the proposed hydrocarbon projects and urging the Tamil Nadu government to get the due share of Cauvery water from Karnataka. “The central government is planning to conduct auctions for taking hydrocarbon from Villupuram to Ramanathapuram …

Karnataka Thanjavur Hydrocarbon Projects Kuzhu
Thanjavur: Pass resolution against oil drilling plans, says opposition
5 years, 7 months ago

Thanjavur: Pass resolution against oil drilling plans, says opposition

Deccan Chronicle  

Thanjavur: Members of various opposition parties like CPI, CPI, DMK and MDMK participated in a demonstration against proposed hydrocarbon projects in the Cauvery delta before the head post office here on Tuesday. They demanded declaration of Cauvery delta as a protected agro zone, cancel the proposed hydrocarbon project that would convert delta into desert if implemented, not to lay pipelines …

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Hydrocarbon extraction
5 years, 7 months ago

Hydrocarbon extraction

Deccan Chronicle  

Tiruvarur: The farmers' agitations in different parts of Tiruvarur district protesting against the Union Government's fresh nod to extract hydrocarbon in different places in the district, entered the fourth day on Saturday. Later all of them got into a nearby cotton field and staged a demonstration against the Union Government's move and appealed to the Tamil Nadu Government not to …

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Vedanta gets nod to conduct impact assessment for 274 hydrocarbon wells in T.N., Puducherry
5 years, 7 months ago

Vedanta gets nod to conduct impact assessment for 274 hydrocarbon wells in T.N., Puducherry

The Hindu  

The Ministry of Environment and Forest has granted the Terms of Reference to Vedanta Ltd’s Cairn Oil & Gas, to carry out Environment Impact Assessment for drilling a total of 274 offshore and onshore oil and gas exploration wells in the Bay of Bengal, Nagapattinam, Karaikal, Villupuram and Puducherry. Vedanta proposes to drill 116 exploratory and appraisal wells in project …

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Leaders oppose nod for EIA by Vedanta, ONGC
5 years, 7 months ago

Leaders oppose nod for EIA by Vedanta, ONGC

The Hindu  

Political leaders, including DMK president M.K. Recalling the people’s protest against the project, Mr. Stalin said the move to grant permission violated the election rules since the model code of conduct was still in force. “On the one hand, the BJP government and its ally, the AIADMK, have granted permission and environmental clearance for the project, and on the other, …

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Edappadi K Palaniswami should clarify stand on Salem expressway: CPM
5 years, 8 months ago

Edappadi K Palaniswami should clarify stand on Salem expressway: CPM

Deccan Chronicle  

Thanjavur: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami should clarify the stand of the state government with respect to proposed hydrocarbon projects in Cauvery delta and eight lane expressway from Salem to Chennai, said P. Shanmugham, general secretary of Tamil Nadu Vivasayigal Sangam, affiliated to the CPI here on Tuesday. He told presspersons that even as people and farmers are …

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