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Great Britain: IGas receives approval for shale gas exploration
Nottinghamshire County Council gave the green light on Tuesday for shale gas developer IGas to elaborate a shale gas well site and drill an exploratory well at Tinker Lane.
read more... 22/03/2017
EU legislators give the green light for Arctic oil exploration
European lawmakers voted against a non-binding motion to prohibit oil and gas exploration in the Arctic.
read more... 17/03/2017
Rosneft begins drilling first exploration well in Iraq
Rosneft Group’s firm began drilling the first exploration well of Iraqi Block 12, as reported by the oil producer Monday.
read more... 20/02/2017
Indian cabinet awards 31 oil and gas blocks under 2016 bid round
The Indian government has finally approved the rights to 31 oil and gas exploration blocks comprising 44 small fields, which were auctioned under the Discovered Small Field (DSF) Bid Round 2016.
read more... 17/02/2017
Dong targets to phase out coal-fired electricity generation by 2023
Dong is already the world’s largest offshore wind farm company, constructing over a quarter of the capacity installed worldwide. It intends to offload its operations concentrated on oil exploration and production later this year, after pulling off one of the biggest stock market listings in 2016.
read more... 06/02/2017