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Technip awarded contract for two hydrogen reformers in Venezuela to support expanded processing of Orinoco heavy crude

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Technip was awarded a “significant” contract to supply its proprietary technology as well as engineering and procurement services for two hydrogen reformers in Venezuela. Technip defines a significant onshore contract as ranging from €50 to €100 million. Technip defines a significant onshore contract as ranging from €50 to €100 million.

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New catalytic system for conversion of CO2 to methanol shows much higher activity than others now in use

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Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, with colleagues from the University of Seville (Spain) and Universidad Central de Venezuela, have discovered a new, highly active catalytic system for converting carbon dioxide to methanol. CH 3 OH conversion not seen over a Cu-Zn alloy. Click to enlarge.

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This 6-Million-Dollar AI Changes Accents as You Speak

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So a friend-group that included a computer science major from China, an AI-focused management science and engineering (MSE) major from Russia, and a business-oriented MSE major from Venezuela isn't an anomaly. He's the member of the trio from Venezuela.) "And And then came the pandemic. Our first approach was naïve," Zhang says. "We

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Brookhaven team identifies active sites on catalysts for converting CO2 to methanol

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The results, published in the journal Science , resolve a longstanding debate about exactly which catalytic components take part in the chemical reactions—and thus which should be the focus of efforts to boost performance. In fact, it reacts with oxygen and transforms to copper zinc oxide.

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State Department releases final environmental impact statement on Keystone XL Pipeline Project; analysis of GHG emissions

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As part of the analysis, DOS commissioned a detailed study of greenhouse gas life-cycle emissions that compared Canadian oil sands crude with other selected reference crudes. Synthetic crude oil, similar to conventional crude oil, is created by upgrading bitumen (conversion into lighter hydrocarbons).

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