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Half a century ago, the Great Barrier Reef was to be drilled for oil. It was saved – for a time
02 Sep 2025 21:18 GMT
… to death. Authorities restricted shell and coral collecting, … conservationists and scientists.
Oil and gas companies were … backlash stopped the trade.
North Queensland Photographic Collection, … Prime Minister Whitlam announced oil drilling would be banned …
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Oil Exports Resume After 14 Years from Syria’s Tartus Port
02 Sep 2025 20:08 GMT
… step in revitalizing the oil sector and broadening international … oil fields in Rojava, the Kurdish-controlled territory in the north … 380,000 barrels of oil per day. Shell had developed and … operated the largest Syrian oil field …
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Egypt secures new oil and gas exploration contracts worth $340 million
02 Sep 2025 09:44 GMT
… has entered into four oil and gas exploration agreements … Gas Holding Company (EGAS).
Shell International has entered into the … invest $109 million in the North Damietta offshore area.
These … /egypt-secures-new-oil-and-gas-exploration-contracts-worth …
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Kemi Badenoch doubles down on North Sea oil drilling pledges
02 Sep 2025 05:12 GMT
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Kemi Badenoch has said North Sea oil projects should be a … Badenoch will pledge to make North Sea oil a “cornerstone” of … is considering opening the North Sea to oil drilling as energy secretary … see Equinor’s Rosebank oil field and Shell’s Jackdaw gas field …
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Greenpeace mounts UK North Sea protest on Shell platform
01 Sep 2025 21:19 GMT
… Kapoor on a Shell platform in the UK North Sea in protest … said Shell's plans to develop 700 new oil and gas … unmanned gas platform in Shell's Southern North Sea Clipper field … protest was reviewed by an oil and gas health and safety …
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Scandal-mired energy tycoon abandons £5million mansion: Boss of oil firm Prax is thought to have left Surrey and the UK leaving behind £1.5billion of debts
01 Sep 2025 13:23 GMT
… Kumar Soosaipillai, head of oil firm Prax, has faced … summer of the Lindsey oil refinery in North Killingholme in Lincolnshire, … Soosaipillai (pictured), head of oil firm Prax, has faced demands … due at least £70million and Shell £9.2million.
Winston Sanjeev …
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Egypt secures new oil and gas exploration contracts worth $340m
01 Sep 2025 11:39 GMT
Egypt has entered into four oil and gas exploration agreements … Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS).
Shell International has entered into the … set to focus on the North Khatatba concession in the … to invest $109m in the North Damietta offshore area.
These …
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Sale of Nigerian oil assets violate international law, frustrate environmental cleanup – UN experts
01 Sep 2025 02:16 GMT
… pass on clean-up costs. Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary was sold … based companies run by former Shell staff – despite Nigeria’s regulator … negligible, as major oil pipelines traversing these communities frequently leak, resulting in …
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Rivers community, NGOs call for Ogoni Wellhead 14 decommissioning after oil spill
31 Aug 2025 19:43 GMT
… Rivers State, following a recent oil spill that devastated farmlands and rivers … to suffer from abandoned oil facilities since Shell withdrew operations in Ogoniland … struggle of 1993, the oil company Shell abandoned all the facilities and …
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Egypt Secures $340 Million in New Oil and Gas Investments
31 Aug 2025 04:36 GMT
… exploration agreements. Oil major Shell, a british multinational oil and gas company … between BP, a British multinational oil and gas company, (51 … carry out exploration in the North Damietta offshore area. In … in the Nile Delta’s North El-Khatatba block.
These …