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Wison wins site preparation contract for refinery project in Venezuela; largest refinery PC project in Latin America by Chinese company

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an indirectly non wholly-owned subsidiary of Wison Engineering Services, was awarded a procurement and construction (PC) contract by Venezuela’s PDVSA Petroleo, S.A.for the site preparation for the Puerto la Cruz oil refinery Deep Conversion Project. Wison Engineering Ltd., Earlier post.) —Asdrúbal Chávez J.,

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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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These theoretical studies use calculations that take into account the basic principles of breaking and making chemical bonds, including the energy required, the electronic states of the atoms, and the reaction conditions, allowing scientists to derive the reaction rates and determine which catalyst will give the best rate of conversion.

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

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Synthetic crude oil, similar to conventional crude oil, is created by upgrading bitumen (conversion into lighter hydrocarbons). The top four suppliers were Mexico, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, and Nigeria. In 2009, Gulf Coast refineries imported approximately 5.1 million bpd of crude oil from more than 40 countries.

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