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Chevron announces $32.7B capital and exploratory budget for 2012; LNG and deepwater investments propel a step change

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This planned spending includes initial appraisal of new acreage captured over the past two years, including Liberia, China and various international shale gas plays. Global exploration funding is expected to be $3 billion in 2012.

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Lewis H. Latimer: A Life of Lightbulb Moments

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Latimer literally wrote the book on electric lighting at Edison’s urging: Incandescent Electric Lighting: A Practical Description of the Edison System was published in 1890 by the Van Nostrand Company, a leading publisher of trade, technical, and scientific books in the 19th century.

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Eni reports important new discovery offshore Congo

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Eni, which holds 65% of the Marine XII Block, quickly activated with the joint venture’s partners New Age (25%) and the national company SNPC (Société Nationale des Pétroles du Congo, 10%) the studies to ensure a rapid commercial development of these significant hydrocarbon reserves with the aim of launching a first oil production from 2016.

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Micro-components in EVs: small dimensions and tight tolerances (Whitepaper) – Charged EVs

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