The public is overwhelmingly critical of ONGC's handling of the gas leak, expressing significant doubts about corporate responsibility, environmental repercussions, and government oversight. Many comments indicate a belief that local communities will not benefit from the gas discovery, and there are strong concerns regarding corruption and exploitation by corporations.

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“Brink” is fine but let’s wait till it is confirmed.

WaterMonkey1357

More money in the pockets of babus and ministers. Common man will not get any benefit, mark my words.

Sarkastik_Hunter

PowerfulAvocado986

Ambani will buy the place for 1 rupee acre now? 😆 

ChampionJealous8097

Wake me up once it is found and exploited.

fuckingc00nt

Your petrol price would remain the same. So only benefits for the govt. not the common man. Nothing to cheer about

Mr_manifestor

what about the Lithium deposits in J&amp;K? 

or Gold in UP?

Budget_Put1517

So India will need independence from India now.

No-Significance7168

![gif](giphy|XClPnuZtG2yPyqTI6R)

Someone said oil ? I mean freedom ?

anthr_bihari

Time for Andaman islands to be given freedom, liberty and democracy...right America? 🤣

Ok_Reflection_4571

Find them first, ask for formal bids from investors to mine it out, and then make these grandstanding statements.

akashsal2704

We should ban links from Tatva as news on this sub

souravchandrapyza

Have  heard it many times before, nothing concrete yet

razpor

Why make it news before you confirm the findings??

LogicalBeing2024

Now Andaman will be "in dire need of" freedom 🦅🦅🦅

JustGulabjamun

LethalProtector_

You just know that andolanjivis are getting their PILs and other tactics ready. I wouldn't be surprised if Greta shows up on a ship one day.

ididacannonball

Ok_Medicine7534

Lets hope that they do not subsidize useless government schemes from the money generated from these oil fields and use that money to fund education and R &amp; D for the future of India.

Also create a sovereign fund like most of the oil producing countries.

KevinDecosta74

Typical sarkari babugiri. Baaten badi badi par nikalta kuch nai hai. Indian government ka ye saalon se chalta aa raha hai. Badi badi dinge haako aur kaam ke naam pe thullu.

PurushNahiMahaPurush

Famous_Rocky

Hope it won't anti-subsidise our move towards renewable energy. Solar has seen such a boom, it would be waste to lose that momentum!

vijaykes

Will probably be given to rich corporate(s) with netas and babus taking kickbacks.

Meanwhile petrol will get costlier to cover deficit.

PayResponsible4458

They said the same about Bombay high, then about Barmer. Will wait for this brink when it actually is discovered.

hskskgfk

They declared it , and now if it doesn't happen I will assume that all these ministers ate all the money . Same as they did with lithium and uranium from the sea.

chatgptbotindia

medguy_15

Let them empty it only to declare not as “expected”. Democracy at its finest.

Aggravating_force754

i am feeling the marine flora and fauna will be in danger in few months :):)

Asteriod-Cap4040

Heard same for KG basin and other exploration.

No-Engineering-8874

Geopolitics will start to fuccck india sooner as we are mostly consumers some try to stay away or be friendly

ConglomerateKaddu

Please check source. Minister didnt say on the brink. He said “if” and there is optimism because of Rakhine corridor in Myanmar have high chance of oil

pratyush_1991

RedditAppSuxBallz

looks like.. india needs some good ol’ fashioned FREEDOM 🇺🇸🇺🇸💥SQUAAAAA 🦅🦅

HinduGodOfMemes

kilo4_sierra

dizzy12527

Bhai Ballia, Uttar Pradesh..mein bhi koi news aai thi..oil ki..     
Kashmir mein bhi Lithium mila tha..           
Boht jaldi exited ho jaata hai Indian media..🤦.    
(Kaash iss baar mil gya ho tel😭)

AcanthaceaeFirst5982

Sonbhadra gold 
Kashmir lithium 
And now Andaman oil

Crafty_Turnover240

Even if it is true, it's a challenging task to keep that public money for the public usage. We still remember the coal scam very well

kali_nath

Hell Yeah 

But let's wait tell they actually find it.

Insight-Seeker-8

Yes let's wait for confirmation.  Pakistan also had huge gold reserves discovery recently

trexjuna

This will never trickle down to the common man. Just like when crude oil was trading at the lowest.

Idiotsofblr

This news is actually two/three years old

inkuhnoo

Yet to be confirmed 
Too early for celebrations 
No MudiBhakts?

Any-Appointment-6335

It is not just about discovery of rare earth material, it is also about how easy is it to extract that? There are a lot of places where deposits are found but extracting that would be too difficult and expensive, making it not worth it.

Mannu1727

Ruofki

Unnamed_Venturer

Pakistan finds these kinds of deposits every other day

rodriguez_melon

If true, wait till Reliance owns that in a few months

TrudeauPierr

soon..

🇺🇸 “may i interest you in some democracy?”

imsandy92

We will know it is confirmed when the bleeding heart eco warriors start talking about destruction / damage to the precarious ecological balance.

Conscious_Prompt9250

MedicalDiver2670

Let’s not get over excited and blow the trumpet unless we have solid confirmations unlike porkis…

maddy495

Lets just wait for the “found” news and not “on the brink”.

FunKey2854

Yeah, it will definitely boost the economy and that top 1% of Indians.

Gummybear2655

US: I believe India needs independence now

nathomredit

so this project will be handled by Adani or Ambani?

6ninesixty9

at this point with world switching to ev and level of corruption that will happen, i don't think it will really benefit the people.

Feeling-Front6187

It's late and of no use. By the time it will get all the permits and people will be able to extract this oil, the world will have moved on from oil.

peace4231

Here comes Usa invasion

![gif](giphy|O7Q66AX4dXYDKHbKnz|downsized)

satyajithem

joshwalter08

fireenthusiastt

aahwaan

These people should keep their quiet and build the necessary infrastructure for oil extraction and setup a supply chain before revealing such things out in the public. Now a certain Bald Eagle with common sense and democracy will try to come and give freedom to India 😑

urbanmonk007

Ambani will exploit the reserves and get richer. Nothing changes for us. Many of the fragile eco systems in Andaman will get ruined though.

ParticularJuice3983

Prithwiraj1209

If this is true then, i think only and only govt. Should extract and refine it. No PPP mode not a single private player should be given entry to it. We've seen what this greedy private players did with cheap russian oil. Used counties resources to refine it and sold to europeans for big profits and all the profits drained downed in their own pockets. But now its time India in real sense should take the benefits and pass on to commoners.

souLDr1Fter

Tel mila ho yaa Ghee...  Ismai mera kya faayda?

drucksqwertyson

We all know who the big offenders are. Shell, saudi arabia, opec, russia, USA. I seriously dont have hope in this world at all. Climate change is now a climate crisis and from my understanding its irreversible we caused too much damage. We are fucked

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&gt;MethaneSat is scheduled to launch from California onboard a SpaceX rocket on Monday at 2pm local time (22:00 GMT). It will provide the first near-comprehensive global view of leaks of the potent greenhouse gas from the oil and gas sector, and all of the data will be made public. It will provide high-resolution data over wider areas than existing satellites.    
          
This is progress! Hats off to the Environmental Defense Fund and the New Zealand Space Agency.  They plan to  make all of the data public.       
            
Exactly how much do methane emissions contribute to radiative forcing, also known as climate forcing or global warming?  

[NOAA data](https://gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/ghgpower/ "https://gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/ghgpower/") shows that in the 223-year period 1800-2022, global emissions of methane (CH4) accounted for more than 19% (0.193) of total radiative forcing (total climate forcing/global warming) by long-lived greenhouse gases in that period &gt; Table 2. Global Annual Average Radiative Forcing By Long-lived Greenhouse Gases.    
          
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How much has the global atmospheric concentration of methane increased in past years?   
          
Law Dome Ice Core 2000-Year CO2, CH4, and N2O [Data](https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/paleo-search/study/9959 "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/paleo-search/study/9959") &gt; Excel File - [Atmospheric Greenhouse Gas Data](https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/icecore/antarctica/law/law2006.xls "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/icecore/antarctica/law/law2006.xls"):     
         
For the year 1 CE, ice core data shows that the atmospheric concentration of methane (CH4) was [647.6](https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/icecore/antarctica/law/law2006.xls "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/icecore/antarctica/law/law2006.xls") parts per billion (spline-fit-20-year).      
         
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1,699 years later, in 1700, at the early onset of the [Industrial Revolution](https://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution/industrial-revolution "https://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution/industrial-revolution") (circa 1700), ice core data shows that the atmospheric concentration was CH4 [669.2](https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/icecore/antarctica/law/law2006.xls "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/icecore/antarctica/law/law2006.xls") ppb, or about 3.3% higher than 647.6 ppm in 1 CE.    
          
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Over the first 304 years following the early onset of the Industrial Revolution, the concentration increased by about 255%, from CH4 669.2 ppb in 1700, to CH4 [1709.7](https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/icecore/antarctica/law/law2006.xls "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/icecore/antarctica/law/law2006.xls") ppb in 2004.    
         
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19 years later, the [NOAA globally averaged](https://gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends_ch4/ "https://gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends_ch4/") concentration (charts, graphs, table) was CH4 [1933.46 ppb](https://gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends_ch4/ "https://gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends_ch4/") in October 2023, or about 13.14% higher than in 2004 &gt; Oct. 2023, most recent NOAA Globally averaged marine surface monthly mean data ([text](https://gml.noaa.gov/webdata/ccgg/trends/ch4/ch4_mm_gl.txt "https://gml.noaa.gov/webdata/ccgg/trends/ch4/ch4_mm_gl.txt")) or ([CSV](https://gml.noaa.gov/webdata/ccgg/trends/ch4/ch4_mm_gl.csv "https://gml.noaa.gov/webdata/ccgg/trends/ch4/ch4_mm_gl.csv")).      
             
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What percentage of global methane emissions come from livestock, industrial leakage, and other sources?     
          
Climate Change Tracker [CH4 Methane](https://climatechangetracker.org/methane "https://climatechangetracker.org/methane") data shows that in 2022, the mass of global Human-Induced Yearly CH4 Methane Emissions was 310 megatons, including a Breakdown of Human-Induced Yearly CH4 Methane Emissions of 114 megatons, or about 36.8% from Livestock and 88.5 megatons, or about 28.5% from Fugitive sources (e.g., leaks, industrial emissions, etc.).

Molire

The launch is scheduled to be live-streamed beginning March 4 at 9:55 PM UTC (01:55 PM Pacific Standard Time). Liftoff is targeted for 2:05 p.m. PT (22:05:00 UTC).    
        
Upcoming Launch — Transporter-10 Mission:  
      
https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=transporter10 &gt; "Watch"

Don’t we already know who the big offenders are? Let’s see if this will bring an urgency to change or taking responsibility.

baobabliving

I can already hear India and China, largest gross methane emitters, complaining of western propaganda from these data.

ConsistentBroccoli97

We already know who the big offenders are. The article even says so. There are already satellites that provide this data, NASA’s EMIT for one. This one is just supposed to slightly increase frequency.

Melodic-Hippo5536

i wonder (asking for a friend) how long before it "goes offline."

\\My guess is roughly 25 minutes after initial sharing of data... (kidding)

DocAndersen

Good. Naming and shaming should be *the bare minimum*

Quixophilic

100% it’s Russias gas fields in Siberia at number 1. What regulations?

How much does anyone want to bet this satellite “mysteriously” disappears.

KnowledgeMediocre404

Excellent now impose a significant price per tonne of CO2 equivalent emissons and send monthly invoices and watch how fast those leaks get shut down.

thearcofmystery

Choosing renewables means we will always have a natural gas infrastructure in place.

Phssthp0kThePak

I love oil and gas keeps us warm. No one is going to care

thekux

 This will be used to target O&amp;G in the first world while ignoring emissions everywhere else. meh

SpankyMcFlych

SS: It has already been reported that the US, which had been planning to stay out of this conflict, had decided to start trying to broker peace after concerning intelligence. We are now getting more information on what that intelligence was

India managed to hit Nur Khan airbase with missiles. This airbase is very close to Pakistan's strategic nuclear HQ

As a result, Pakistani PM Sharif sum­moned a meeting of the National Command Authority, a group with operational command of Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal. This seems to have been taken by the US as a fairly important and credible escalation in nuclear posture

Cuddlyaxe

Everyone is talking about Nur Khan, India air striked Kirana Hill,Sargoda which houses Pakistan Nukes in underground bunkers inside the mountain. 

https://nuke.fas.org/guide/pakistan/facility/sargodha.htm

Sat images and OSINT show the entrance to underground bunker was hit. 

This could have escalated badly although a single strike cant damage such bunkers. But India did send a message that if we can hit once we can hit 10 times. 

Damage to Sargoda along with Nur Khan which is the most important air base clearly rattled Pakistani leadership and US intelligence community. 

I consider these warning hits on nuclear facilities  a good way to end the war personally.

AIM-120-AMRAAM

According to Flight Radar 24, an Egypt Air Force cargo airplane has landed in Pakistan originating from China. It is mostly carrying emergency shipment of Boron. It looks like there has been an unfortunate radioactive leak due to an attack and Boron is the element of choice to damp the radioactive spills. This news is unverified as of now.

Capital_Waltz339

There is rumors flying around that there might have been radiation leakage from Indian missile strike on the nuclear encampment. Though not sure how much truth there is in it.

I think it was largely a face saving excercise for Vance and ego boost for you know who.

Normal_Imagination54

Isn’t it great that a poor, close to destabilized state with military leaders and a penchant for Islamism has access to nuclear weapons? Pakistan is a prime example of proliferation being incredibly bad

SaintBobby_Barbarian

Is this even real or just more demented ramblings from Trump? He already congratulated them on agreeing to a ceasefire despite no such agreement being made. Are they actually even talking to either side or is this an announcement that they plan to do so at some point in the future?

Sharlach

To what extent did Vance and Rubio actually help broker this deal? 

Are they just taking credit where credit is not due?

rotterdamn8

Shows that America still has that clout! Could China have brokered that? I think not 😊.

helic_vet

The truth is that military operations between the two sides have ended, due to a sincere Indian desire to end the war it began without reasonable justification, which led to a direct battlefield advantage for the Pakistani armed forces. Saudi-American mediation played a decisive role. The lessons learned from this war have been documented .

** Victory belongs to the homogeneous system, not to individual weapons.
Victory belongs to quality, not quantity.

** Several shortcomings and advantages were highlighted on both sides. Fortunately, the Indian shortcomings were terrifyingly numerous, while the Indians lacked any strengths other than the BrahMos missiles, which carried out one of the most successful offensive operations of this war. A major factor contributing to the success of this attack was the significant weakness of Pakistan's air defense systems, which resulted in India recording numerous successful hits deep inside Pakistan.

** This does not exclude the discussion of the nonexistent Indian air defense system, which has incurred heavy losses, most notably the targeting of the S-400 "Blind Donkey" battalion, which was supposed to be a key player in India's defense, but instead failed to defend even itself.

** One of the most striking aspects of this war was the poor media coverage, which was characterized by lies from both sides. I personally followed the news of the war by watching citizens of both countries filming on Telegram or other social media platforms the aftermath of the bombing that struck areas near their homes...

** Pakistan missed a historic opportunity to sink an Indian aircraft carrier before the war could be halted.

** Those who pushed India into war were shocked by the disasters of its army, which is led by loyalists, not competent individuals...

** the PL-15 missile has landed safely in India more than once, which indicates either its failure or the success of its jamming...

I just hope the minds stops creating idols. There is no superweapon that is faultless or indestructible.
More importantly, the idea that you use a BVR attack, then claim you have disrupted enemy fighters. This, my brothers, is pure nonsense.

** There is no doubt that this war is not a full measure of the quality of Chinese weapons, but its tests remain very important for the development of this weapon.

** Only the strong can impose their opinion.
Otherwise, India would not have requested a ceasefire.

** Will the ceasefire hold or collapse? Perhaps it is a short truce for India to rearm more aggressively, while Pakistan must expand its armament and prepare very seriously.

Abdulkarim0

Great. 
A nuclear war. Just what this world needs.
I hope that Pakistan and India can restrain themselves from actually using Nukes. 


On that note:
IF one of the two Nations is going to use Nukes, do you think this will drag the world in a global (nuclear) conflict?


Or will this be a local conflict (sans the radiation of course)

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Gas leaks from ONGC wells in Assam have forced evacuations, raising safety and health concerns for local residents.

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