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

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average economic growth rate between 2000 and 2019, continuously expanding domestic gas production, attracting investors, and enhancing knowledge and technologies exchange. As a holder of the fourth-largest volume of gas reserves worldwide, Turkmenistan has been unlocking the potential of natural gas, leading to an 11.5%

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War in Ukraine: We Need to Talk About Fossil Fuels

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This war will have many long-term consequences, but possibly none more important than its effects on the future of the European energy supply. Russia might even become, miraculously and temporarily, less intransigent, and Europe might then welcome status quo ante. But Russia now has a huge ally in the world’s largest economy, China.

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Mitsubishi Motors officially announces end of production in US; seeking buyer for plant

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In 2000 the production volume reached more than 222,000 units, but after that the plant faced very steep reduction in production units due to, among others, the end of OEM supply for Chrysler Corporation and the economic crisis. In 2009, the production volume bottomed as low as 18,500 units.

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New EIA report boosts estimates of global recoverable shale oil resources 10-fold to 345 billion barrels

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ARI) to conduct the new world shale resource assessment because shale oil production has become a significant source of oil supply within the United States and because more and better geologic information has become available for shale formations located outside the United States. million barrels per day in 2000 to an average of 1.9

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Siemens and Mitsubishi Heavy form joint venture for metals industry

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In October 2013 MH, which had been initially launched in October 2000 as a joint venture of MHI and Hitachi, completed an integration with IHI Metaltech Co., to support each business location. The new JV will operate with a collective staff of approximately 9,000 employees. in the area of rolling mills.

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SpaceX completes 21st launch and landing of 2022

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For now, Russia’s R-7 or Soyuz family of rockets – which have launched close to 2000 times since 1966 – hold the current record of 133 consecutive successes. Technically, if one considers Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy part of the same family, R-7/Soyuz and Falcon are now tied with records of 133 consecutive successes.

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BASF and Gazprom agree on asset swap; BASF’s Wintershall expanding production of oil and gas, exiting gas trading and storage business

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By increasing our share in the gas trading and storage business, we are continuing our successful activities to secure the supply of gas for Europe. The agreement on exploration and production extends the geographic dimension of our cooperation, which has already successfully started with production projects in Russia.

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