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GECF: more than a quarter of 2050 natural gas supply untapped

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Yet-to-find (YTF) resources will contribute to around 30% of the total production of natural gas worldwide by 2050, according to Yury Sentyurin, the Secretary General of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF). Senturin made his remarks during the 25 th Oil & Gas of Turkmenistan Conference. —Secretary General Sentyurin.

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Swiss company outlines methanol-to-gasoline option for Alaska North Slope gas to state legislature

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Under van Wijk’s concept, a plant would produce methanol from natural gas on the North Slope using the proposed GigaMethanol technology. If the entire daily output of North Slope gas (4.5 van Wijk sold Saturn to Methanex in 2000 due to funding issues. van Wijk sold Saturn to Methanex in 2000 due to funding issues.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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At issue is the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol, a binding but effectively unenforceable 1997 treaty that had set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for 40 industrialized countries, referred to as Annex 1 countries, yielding an average GHG reduction of 5.2%

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