by oilwatch | Mar 29, 2013 | Latin America, News
THE GUARDIAN Indigenous groups claim they have not consented to oil projects, as politicians visit Beijing to publicise bidding process Ecuador plans to auction off more than three million hectares of pristine Amazonian rainforest to Chinese oil companies, angering...
by oilwatch | Mar 2, 2013 | Global, News
WHAT’S NEW ON CORPWATCH: Holding Corporations Accountablehttp://www.corpwatch.org BP Goes on Trial for Deepwater Horizon ExplosionPratap ChatterjeeMarch 2nd, 2013 BP, the UK oil company, went on trial this week for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon drilling rig...
by oilwatch | Mar 1, 2013 | Latin America, News
Offshore RIO DE JANEIRO – Oil production at Petrobras-operated fields in the presalt areas of the Campos and Santos basins has reached the 300,000 b/d mark.This figure accounts for production from 17 wells, six in Santos basin and 11 in Campos basin. Santos accounts...
by oilwatch | Jan 29, 2013 | Africa, News
Equaltimes Four Nigerian farmers and fishermen who are victims of multinational oil giant Shell’s unrelenting polluting activities in the Niger Delta are striving for justice. The four Nigerian plaintiffs stand with supporters outside the court in The Hague. If...
by oilwatch | Sep 21, 2012 | Latin America, News
Bolpress.com En cinco años la Iniciativa Yasuni recaudó 336 millones de dólares, menos del 10% de los 3.600 millones que esperaba Ecuador de la comunidad internacional. El gobierno de Rafael Correa decidirá en junio o julio de este año si explota o no los 800 millones...