oil
The Good Oil
A series of close calls for the environment surrounding an oil refinery in Melbourne has resulted in the Environment Protection......
Oil spreads across the Gulf of Mexico
Funerals have begun for eleven workers killed in the April 20th explosion at the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the......
Oil leak inquiry announced
Resources Minister Martin Ferguson today announced details of the Commission of Inquiry into the ten week oil leak off the......
Greens say oil spill underestimated
The oil leak under the Timor Sea continues to gush oil – the company which is struggling to plug the......
Nature to clean oil spill?
A toxicologist says the oil slick off the coast of Western Australia is already medium-sized by world standards. However some......
Brazilian President vows to use oil revenue to alleviate poverty
The Tupi oilfield off Brazil’s southeast coast is said to yield 150 billion barrels of oil, and is the most......
Oil spill highlights need for environmental protections to equal economic interest
The oil spill from the West Atlas offshore drilling unit has spread to 14 km long, and 30 meters wide.......
Only ten years til we run out of oil?
The International Energy Agency has issued a warning this week that global oil production will peak in about 10 years......
Update on Moreton Bay oil spill
As was reported earlier in the week, there has been an oil spill in Moreton Bay, South East Queensland. Moreton......
Uproar at BHP’s AGM
Yesterday was BHP Billiton’s AGM and hundreds of shareholders showed up and were probably concerned about the failure of the......