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11 more GM facilities worldwide go landfill-free; total up to 122

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Colmotores Assembly (Colombia). Colmotores Assembly in Colombia launched awareness campaigns that engaged employees in reducing waste and sorting it correctly. GM’s new landfill-free facilities include: CAMI Assembly (Canada). Joinville Engine (Brazil). Zaragoza Assembly (Spain). Zaragoza Stamping (Spain).

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Fairbanks Morse Engine and Achates Power team up on opposed-piston engines

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This announcement closely follows the recent selection of Fairbanks Morse by Ecopetrol, the primary oil and gas producer in Colombia, to provide five opposed-piston, two-stroke, dual-fuel engine-driven crude oil pump sets and auxiliary equipment for the Ayacucho-Covenas pipeline.

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China’s CNOOC to acquire Canada-based Nexen for $15.1B; offshore oil and gas, oil sands, and shale gas

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Nexen has a joint venture shale gas project in Poland and is exploring for shale gas in Colombia. The transaction will be funded by CNOOC Limited’s existing cash resources and external financing. The two companies has finalized a joint venture for deepwater exploration in the Gulf of Mexico in 2011. Earlier post.). OPTI Canada Inc.

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Ampal Signs Option Exercise Agreement to Acquire 25% in Ethanol Project in Colombia

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pursuant to which it has exercised an existing option to convert Ampal’s existing $22.249 million loan ($20 million plus accrued interest) into a 25% equity interest in a sugarcane ethanol production project in Colombia being developed by Merhav. Colombia requires 10% ethanol blending in gasoline distributed in Colombia.

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