Anti-Fracking Group Slams EPA For Allowing Toxic Chemicals To Be Used In Drilling - UrduPoint

The Better Path Coalition is disturbed about a new watchdog report that found the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) allowed oil and gas companies to use toxic chemicals during the fracking process, group co-founder Karen Feridun told Sputnik.

100 companies produce 71% of global emissions : report

Some 71 per cent of global emissions are produced by just 100 companies, a new greenhouse gases (GHG) study has found.

French Total preparing to drill off Cyprus for natural gas: ministry source

French energy company Total is preparing to make an exploratory marine drilling off Cyprus, a Ministry of Commerce and Energy source said on Saturday.

Cypriot EEZ : Τhe Cypriot power

All those who hadn't understood that the power of Cyprus is its EEZ, have suffered a huge defeat, following the success of the third licensing round.

Rosneft and ExxonMobil Win Three Areas in Mozambique

Rosneft subsidiary RN-Exploration and ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Mozambique Offshore Ltd. will discuss the details of their participation in gas and oil exploration in three areas in Mozambique with the country's government.

Η κατάρρευση του μύθου των μεγάλων πολυεθνικών εταιρειών πετρελαίου

Η. Κονοφάγος , Ν. Λυγερός
Κάποτε η κοινή γνώμη θεωρούσε ότι οι πολυεθνικοί πετρελαϊκοί γίγαντες ήταν οι γνωστές σε όλους μας 7 αδελφές που έγιναν 6 στην συνέχεια με τις αγορές μεταξύ τους, δηλαδή η ExxonMobil, η Chevron, η Shell, η BP, η ENI & η TOTAL. Όμως ο κόσμος της ενέργειας σήμερα έχει αλλάξει δραματικά και ριζικά από την εποχή που όλοι σχεδόν οι πολιτικοί μας συνιστούσαν να προσέχουμε πολύ τα 7 πολυεθνικά αρπακτικά ή όπως χαρακτήριζαν τότε τις 7 αδελφές του τομέα του Πετρελαίου. Έτσι η ενέργεια άλλαξε αλλά όχι η πολιτική. Παρ' όλα αυτά το κοινό που δεν παρακολουθεί τις εξελίξεις, εξακολουθεί ακόμη και σήμερα να πιστεύει ότι οι μεγάλες διεθνείς πετρελαϊκές εταιρείες ή Super Majors όπως λέγονται είναι αυτές που ελέγχουν τις τιμές του πετρελαίου και την πλειοψηφία των παγκοσμίων αποθεμάτων υδρογονανθράκων. Οι παρακάτω εικόνες δείχνουν ότι αυτό δεν ισχύει πλέον και έχει καταρρεύσει ο μύθος αυτός, ενώ οι πολιτικοί μας, αυτοί που είναι άσχετοι με τον τομέα αυτό, εξακολουθούν να χρησιμοποιούν για να προωθούν άλλης μορφής συμφέροντα:............lygeros.org 
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La société Rosneft va effectuer le forage dans la mer de Kara de façon indépendante

La compagnie russe Rosneft va continuer d’effectuer le forage dans la mer de Kara de façon indépendante, a déclaré son PDG, Igor Setchine.

Setchine a souligné qu’une meilleure plate-forme résistante aux glaces participerait à ce travail.

Le PDG de Rosneft n'a pas exclu la possibilité d'une coopération avec la société Gazprom.

Rosneft Capable of Arctic Drilling Without ExxonMobil. (The East Prinovozemelsky blocks in the Kara Sea)

SOCHI, September 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russian oil giant Rosneft and US oil company ExxonMobil continue the drilling in the Kara Sea, however, the Russian company was prepared to continue work independently should plans have changed, Rosneft Vice President Larisa Kalanda said at the International Investment Forum Sochi 2014.
"The work at the Universitetskaya field is going in accordance to plans. We are satisfied with the decision from the American regulator that has authorized [Exxon's participation]… In the case that the regulator had not authorized Exxon to work at the field, Rosneft had its own plan and was ready to continue work on its own," Kalanda said.

ExxonMobil receives US government agreement to continue Arctic work with Rosneft. Obama administration granted a brief extension

Previously, sources told Bloomberg that ExxonMobil and Rosneft had halted drilling wells on the Arctic shelf....

American ExxonMobil has confirmed receiving the U.S. government’s permission to continue Arctic drilling works together its partner Rosneft which the company was supposed to stop because of U.S. and European sanctions imposed to punish Russia for escalating tensions in Ukraine, the Bloomberg news agency reported with reference to the company’s statement.

Exxon Starts "Most Controversial Oil Rig in the World”

For the oil industry, business comes first. After years of preparation, on Saturday ExxonMobil began drilling a $700 million well in the Kara Sea in Russia’s Arctic. It is Russia’s most northerly well.

In doing so, the oil giant has ignored growing concerns over Russia’s role in the Ukrainian conflict, and the sanctions imposed on its business partner, Rosneft, which is run by a close associate of Putin, Igor Sechin, who is also personally blacklisted.

Rosneft to study Arctic’s fauna to protect it during oil exploration

Russia’s largest oil producer Rosneft will monitor marine fauna in the Northern Sea Route in 2014 in a bid to preserve marine life during oil exploration, the company’s press release says.

“The objective of the said studies is collection of data on marine fauna in Rosneft License Areas with a view to building a complete and detailed picture of the baseline environment state and developing a set of environmental controls to be applied during hydrocarbons exploration and production,” Rosneft said in a press release released Wednesday.

Rosneft and ExxonMobil approve 4 Arctic projects

Rosneft, one of the world’s largest oil companies, has given the go ahead on four Arctic projects with US oil giant ExxonMobil, despite the US government’s attempt to derail business relations with sanctions.
The two companies will develop hydrocarbon reserves in the Arctic waters of Russia, including the Laptev and Chukchi Seas, Rosneft said in a statement Monday.
The projects will explore and develop four licensed oil-rich reservoirs: the Anisinsk-Novosibirsk and Ust-Olenksk shelf sites in the Laptev Sea zone, as well as the North-Wrangel-2 and South-Chukchi shelf reserves, the statement said. No financial details were provided.

Οι Μεγάλες Πετρελαϊκές Ευθύνονται για Τεράστιο Μέρος των Εκπομπών Αερίων του Θερμοκηπίου.

Οι μεγάλες πετρελαϊκές, όπως η Chevron, η ExxonMobil και η ΒΡ είναι ανάμεσα στις 90 επιχειρήσεις που θεωρούνται περισσότερο υπεύθυνες για την έκλυση των αερίων του θερμοκηπίου που οδηγούν στην κλιματική αλλαγή.

Στο συμπέρασμα αυτό κατέληξε έρευνα του αμερικανικού Ινστιτούτου Κλιματικής Υπευθυνότητας, το οποίο εκτιμά πως οι 90 αυτοί όμιλοι έχουν εκλύσει τα δύο τρίτα των αερίων του θερμοκηπίου από τις αρχές της βιομηχανικής επανάστασης. Το ποσό αυτό αγγίζει τους 914 γιγατόνους CO2 από ένα σύνολο 1450 γιγατόνων από το 1751 ως το 2010.

Εξυπακούεται ότι στον κατάλογο με τις 90 εταιρείες συγκαταλέγονται τόσο οι μεγάλες πολυεθνικές του πετρελαίου, όσο και οι κρατικές εταιρείες, όπως είναι η Saudi Aramco και η Gazprom.

Rosneft gets access to $100bn gas and oil field in Alaska

Rosneft has reached an agreement with Exxon Mobil to acquiring a 25% stake in the Point Thompson Alaska oil and natural gas field. The deal is part of the larger cooperation on exploring the Russian Arctic shelf.
­The head of Rosneft Igor Sechin and the President of ExxonMobil Stephen Greenlee have signed an agreement on joint exploration of new sectors of the Russian Arctic shelf, expanding the 2011 strategic partnership agreement.
Under the deal Rosneft gets access to one of the largest fields in Alaska which is currently operated by ExxonMobil. Participation in the project will let Rosneft develop up to a quarter of the proved gas resources of the Alaska North Slope, as well as get the latest technology for exploiting liquid gas fields in bad weather conditions, according to Igor Sechin.