June 23, 2017

From The Local France will stop granting new licences for oil and gas exploration on the mainland and in overseas territories, Environment Minister Nicolas Hulot said Friday. “There will be no new exploration licences for hydrocarbons, we will pass the law this autumn,” Hulot said on BFMTV. President Emmanuel Macron said during his election campaign in February that he was

From West Sussex County Times Oil found at Broadford Bridge drilling site Exploratory oil drilling at Broadford Bridge near Adversane has uncovered oil in the Kimmeridge limestone. Samples showing ‘mobile light oil’ were announced today, with chairman UK Oil and Gas Stephen Sanderson calling the finds a ‘significant and positive result’. The Broadford Bridge drilling site Protesters have been campaigning

From the Colorado Springs Gazette Democratic candidates for Colorado attorney general this week tore into Republican incumbent Cynthia Coffman’s month-old decision to appeal a court ruling critics say could bring a halt to oil and gas production in the state, with two of the Democrats vowing to scrap the appeal if elected, and one of them lashing his primary opponents

From Reuters Creditor banks to India’s Essar Oil approved the acquisition of the company by a group including Russia’s Rosneft, two sources familiar with the matter said, removing a key hurdle to the $12.9 billion deal that has been in the works for two years. The news comes a day after Igor Sechin, CEO of the Russian oil and gas