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(ADNOC) said on Sunday it has awarded Spanish Cepsa firm a 20 percent share in a concession of two offshore oil fields in a deal worth $1.5 billion. https://www.thelocal.es/20180218/abu-dhabi-awards-spanish-firm-stake-in-offshore-oil-concession Sun, 18 Feb 2018 16:20:32 +0100 abu-dhabi-awards-spanish-firm-stake-in-offshore-oil-concession Spanish coast guard crews worked Sunday to clean up a three-kilometre (1.9-mile) long diesel slick off the holiday island of Gran Canaria after a passenger ferry slammed into a pier. https://www.thelocal.es/20170423/spains-canary-islands-battles-slick-after-ferry-accident Sun, 23 Apr 2017 17:50:35 +0200 spains-canary-islands-battles-slick-after-ferry-accident Iran is mulling the idea of building a refinery in Spain to find new markets and boost its oil exports, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo said Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20160119/iran-poised-to-build-oil-refinery-in-southern-spain Tue, 19 Jan 2016 12:49:41 +0100 iran-poised-to-build-oil-refinery-in-southern-spain Footage recorded from the air by a drone shows incredible images of thousands of Saharawi refugees protesting against exploratory drilling by the San Leon oil company. https://www.thelocal.es/20151015/amazing-drone-footage-of-western-sahara-drilling-protest Thu, 15 Oct 2015 19:41:55 +0200 amazing-drone-footage-of-western-sahara-drilling-protest Spain's economic crisis and successive corruption scandals have led to looser environmental regulations which have taken a huge toll on the environment, Greenpeace said in a report published on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20150604/crisis-has-taken-environmental-toll-greenpeace Thu, 04 Jun 2015 17:42:32 +0200 crisis-has-taken-environmental-toll-greenpeace An oil slick has reached Canary Islands beaches from the Russian trawler Oleg Naydenov which sank off the Canary Islands earlier last week. https://www.thelocal.es/20150424/dolphins-suffer-in-canary-islands-oil-spill Fri, 24 Apr 2015 15:40:41 +0200 dolphins-suffer-in-canary-islands-oil-spill Protesters plunged half-naked into the icy sea and unfurled banners Saturday to try to stop oil prospecting near Spain's Canary Islands, a major tourist destination. https://www.thelocal.es/20141214/protesters-strip-off-to-oppose-repsol-plans Sun, 14 Dec 2014 11:23:00 +0100 protesters-strip-off-to-oppose-repsol-plans UPDATED: Spain said on Wednesday it impounded a Greenpeace ship because the crew defied orders to leave a restricted zone where they were protesting against oil exploration off the Canary Islands. https://www.thelocal.es/20141119/spain-seizes-greenpeace-oil-protest-ship-canary-islands-repsol Wed, 19 Nov 2014 10:18:00 +0100 spain-seizes-greenpeace-oil-protest-ship-canary-islands-repsol Environmental activists rallied Friday in anger at the arrival of a boat due to start prospecting for oil in the waters off Spain's Canary Islands, a major tourist destination. https://www.thelocal.es/20141115/protests-to-greet-oil-exploring-boat-off-canary-islands Sat, 15 Nov 2014 12:04:00 +0100 protests-to-greet-oil-exploring-boat-off-canary-islands Drillers say have found oil in Moroccan waters just 200 kilometres (125 miles) from Spain's Canary Islands, a possible game changer as Canarians prepare to vote on whether Spanish energy giant Repsol should be allowed to search for oil in the waters off the archipelago. https://www.thelocal.es/20141021/oil-found-200-kilometres-off-canary-islands Tue, 21 Oct 2014 12:20:00 +0200 oil-found-200-kilometres-off-canary-islands The President of the Canary Islands is threatening to break off diplomatic ties with Spain's central government while asking islanders to take part in an "illegal" referendum over the islands' controversial oil and gas drilling plans, green-lighted by Prime Minister Rajoy. https://www.thelocal.es/20140821/stop-drilling-plans-or-well-break-up-with-spain Thu, 21 Aug 2014 13:02:00 +0200 stop-drilling-plans-or-well-break-up-with-spain Spain "can't afford the luxury" of not drilling for oil and gas off the coast of the Canary Islands, the country's Industry Minister has said, despite strong opposition to the plans from local politicians and green groups. https://www.thelocal.es/20140722/itll-be-ridiculous-if-morocco-finds-oil-before-spain Tue, 22 Jul 2014 18:17:00 +0200 itll-be-ridiculous-if-morocco-finds-oil-before-spain The Spanish government on Thursday gave oil giant Repsol the green light to explore for oil and gas off the coast of the Canary Islands, a move environmental groups described as "unjustifiable". https://www.thelocal.es/20140530/canary-islands-spain-green-lights Fri, 30 May 2014 11:15:45 +0200 canary-islands-spain-green-lights Spanish oil giant Repsol said on Friday its shareholders had approved a deal to accept $5 billion in compensation from Argentina for the country's seizure of its subsidiary YPF. https://www.thelocal.es/20140329/repsol-approves-5bn-argentina-payoff Sat, 29 Mar 2014 12:42:00 +0100 repsol-approves-5bn-argentina-payoff Campaigners warned on Thursday of environmental threats from new oil-prospecting projects off Spain's Balearic and Canary Islands, two major tourist destinations. https://www.thelocal.es/20140307/search-for-oil Fri, 07 Mar 2014 10:07:00 +0100 search-for-oil Spanish oil giant Repsol said on Tuesday it had agreed to accept a €3.6 billion ($5 billion) compensation package from Argentina for the country's controversial seizure of its subsidiary YPF. https://www.thelocal.es/20140226/repsol-agrees-argentina-compensation-deal Wed, 26 Feb 2014 10:24:00 +0100 repsol-agrees-argentina-compensation-deal A campaign against plans to drill for oil off Spain's Canary Islands has united politicians, environmentalists and personalities including the mother of Hollywood star Javier Bardem, a native of the archipelago. https://www.thelocal.es/20131204/actor-bardems-mother-protests-canaries-oil-drilling Wed, 04 Dec 2013 10:37:00 +0100 actor-bardems-mother-protests-canaries-oil-drilling