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Petroleum geology

Friendship forged in the depths of the earth and strengthened by the horror of Marikana

South Africa

Friendship forged in the depths of the earth and strengthened by the horror of Marikana

By Greg Marinovich

Dry land: How the race for water could leave us high and dry, Part 2

South Africa

Dry land: How the race for water could leave us high and dry, Part 2

By Marelise Van Der Merwe

Op-Ed: South Africans should mobilise to stop murky plans for oil and gas drilling on the East Coast

South Africa

Op-Ed: South Africans should mobilise to stop murky plans for oil and gas drilling on the East Coast

By Khalid Mather

GroundUp: Plan to drill for fossil fuels off KZN coast

South Africa

GroundUp: Plan to drill for fossil fuels off KZN coast

By GroundUp

Newsdeck

TransCanada submits US application to build Keystone pipeline

By AFP

Next Oil Rush: maybe next door, maybe across the globe, but always with risks, costs and environmental damage

Politics

Next Oil Rush: maybe next door, maybe across the globe, but always with risks, costs and environmental damage

By J Brooks Spector

Ethically oily: Saudi Arabia sues NGO for calling it 'repressive'

Sci-Tech

Ethically oily: Saudi Arabia sues NGO for calling it 'repressive'

By Richard Poplak