Environment | Egypt Oil & Gas - Part 3
Nigeria Unprecedented Cleanup Plans Awaiting More Guarantees
Nigeria announced that it would finally clean-up the oil-contaminated Ogoniland in the Niger delta, and at the cost of $1bn, according to the Guardian. This came four years after a damning UN report advised both the g...
Environmental Groups Protest Oil Searching in Florida Wetlands
Renewed hunts for oil in sensitive Florida ecosystems have environmental groups raising questions about the state’s regulation of the oil and gas industry. A Miami company, Kanter Real Estate LLC, has submitted ...
Qatar Organizing Solar Power Summit
Speakers from Qatar’s leading companies and industry experts will highlight the various initiatives undertaken to promote solar energy in the country at an upcoming energy summit in Doha, Qatar. Power Qatar Summit 201...
Shell to Begin Drilling in the Arctic Within Weeks
Oil and gas giant Shell is expected to begin drilling for oil in the Arctic within the next two weeks. Thirty ships left Dutch Harbor in Alaska on Thursday for the Arctic to support two initial exploratory wells. The ...
Jeddah Refinery Under Threat of Closure
State oil giant Saudi Aramco is considering whether to close its 90,000 b/d crude oil refinery in Jeddah after several years because of age and environmental concerns, industry sources said. The refinery, which starte...
500 Meter Oil Spill in Red Sea
An oil spillage of about 500 meters in circumference has been spotted Saturday in the Red Sea’s northernmost city of Ras Gharib, Youm7 reported. Head of the Environment Protection Association Hassan Farag, said in a p...
Kuwait’s Equate Wins Awards for Environmental Projects, among Others
Kuwait-based Equate Petrochemical company has won four Gulf-level Excellence Awards in recognition of its pioneering role in health, safety and Environment (HSE) from the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) – ...
Victims of BP Mexico Gulf Oil Spill Still Suffering
Five years after the largest oil spill in U.S. history spewed millions of gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico, many Louisiana oystermen are fearful that a once-bountiful population of the mollusks may never recov...
