IRAN has cut all crude oil exports to Spain as a pre-emptive measure against EU embargos – which Spain is not supporting. “Spain is badly hit because we used to import a lot of Iranian oil,” said a foreign ministry spokesman. The European ban, set to come into place on July 1, is an attempt [...]

THE Canadian multinational CNWL OIL is set to begin prospecting for oil and gas off the coast of Nerja and Torrox. The surveys, which will last for approximately one month, will cover a marine area of 150,000 hectares. It comes after the controversial project, which has been in the pipeline since 2006, was licensed by [...]

AN environmental lobby group in Gibraltar has condemned fire at the CEPSA oil refinery in San Roque as ‘disturbing.’ In particular the Environmental Safety Group voiced their concerns over a lack of official protocol for sharing information between the two border nations. In a strongly worded statement the group revealed they were alerted after the [...]

A GREEN revolution has been introduced in a bid to cut back on the country’s crippling energy bill. A raft of 20 energy-saving measures are hoped to save the country a total of 2.3bn euros in fuel bills. The measures announced by the government mark the strongest response in Europe to the increase in oil [...]

MARBELLA Town Hall has rejected the government backed plan to search for oil and gas off the Costa del Sol. Mayor Angeles Muñoz considers the measure ‘diametrically opposed to tourism’, and has set her Conservative PP party against the measure. The mayor, who was voted in last year, insists it puts the environment of the [...]

OLIVE PRESS EXCLUSIVE: Under-fire BP boss finds the perfect retreat in Spain from his US nightmare… although his new Mexican-style hacienda could bring back bad memories…

By Andrew Pearce and Jon Clarke: In the wake of the BP oil disaster in America, Gibraltar is blasted for failing to tackle dangerous oil tankers by Spanish officials