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CompactGTL announces 3,000 bpd commercial small-scale GTL project in Kazakhstan

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CompactGTL will build a commercially deployed small-scale gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant in Kazakhstan. The proposed plant is expected to bring with it significant future commercial and environmental benefits, according to the company. CompactGTL expects to have a fully functioning small-scale GTL plant in operation in 2017.

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Geological Society of London: future supply of rare earth elements could be disrupted by technical, environmental and financial factors

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While scarcity of rare earth elements (REE) in absolute terms is unlikely to be a concern, their future supply could be disrupted by technical, environmental and financial factors, according to a briefing note published by the Geological Society of London. It is this which leads us to be concerned about future supply.

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NASA says “nothing has changed” as US astronaut prepares to ride Russian spacecraft

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So far, Russia has terminated commercial Soyuz launch operations at the European Space Agency’s launch site in Kourou, French Guiana, effectively stolen several rockets already purchased by satellite internet company OneWeb, and cut-off sales and support for Russian rocket engines used in two US rockets.

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Groundbreaking in Turkmenistan for major synthetic gasoline plant; first full-scale Haldor Topsøe TIGAS facility

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and the Turkish contractor Rönesans Turkmen to engineer and construct the facility. Turkmenistan is one of the six independent Turkic states and is bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the northeast and east, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest, and the Caspian Sea to the west.

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IEA World Energy Outlook view on the transport sector to 2035; passenger car fleet doubling to almost 1.7B units, driving oil demand up to 99 mb/d; reconfirming the end of cheap oil

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Although the recovery in the world economy since 2009 has been uneven, and future economic prospects remain uncertain, global primary energy demand rebounded by a remarkable 5% in 2010, pushing CO 2 emissions to a new high. The largest increase in oil production comes from Iraq, followed by Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Kazakhstan and Canada.

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