SUMMIT COUNTY — Shell Oil & Gas has been cleared to drill deep into a unique geological formation near the Spanish Peaks, in southern Colorado, to explore new natural gas resources.
Huerfano County planning and elected officials gave the exploratory fracking project a conditional green light last week, to the dismay of many local residents who are clamoring for more upfront research and better safeguards against environmental impacts.
An ExxonMobil pipeline running under the Yellowstone River in south central Montana ruptured late Friday, spilling crude oil into the river and forcing evacuations.
RELATIONS between the Erris Fishermen’s Association and Shell E&P Ireland have broken down after the fishermen claimed the company damaged their equipment.
French senators voted to outlaw hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, making France the first country to pass a law banning the technique for extracting natural gas and oil.
Ireland's offshore oil and gas resources could be worth up to €750m, according to new report published today by SIPTU.
The reported, entitled 'Optimising Ireland's Oil and Gas Resources', was compiled by the union's research arm.
SIPTU is calling on the Government to implement a moratorium on the granting of oil and gas licenses until an Oireachtas review of the area has been completed.
News Release - Issued by Shell to Sea - April 12th, 2015 - For immediate release
-- Shell to Sea send submission on RTE's Public Service Statement --
Shell to Sea have today sent in a submission to RTE as part of RTE's public consultation on the updating of their Public Service Statement [1]. In the submission, Shell to Sea claimed that RTE had failed to inform the public in an honest and balanced manner on the Corrib Gas project.