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Nigeria LNG moves ahead with $10B expansion; 30 Mtpa

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The partners in Nigeria LNG (NLNG)—Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) (49%), Shell (25.6%), Total (15%) and Eni (10.4%)— have taken the final investment decision (FID) for the expansion project of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant at Bonny Island. Mtpa—a 33% increase. Mtpa—a 33% increase.

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UTM Offshore signs FEED agreement for Nigeria’s first floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility

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million metric ton per annum and a storage capacity of 200,000 cubic meters, as well as ancillary facilities to be located 60km from the shore of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The FLNG facility will have a Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) nameplate production capacity of 1.2 —NJ Ayuk, the Executive Chairman of the AEC.

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GECF: more than a quarter of 2050 natural gas supply untapped

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Yet-to-find (YTF) resources will contribute to around 30% of the total production of natural gas worldwide by 2050, according to Yury Sentyurin, the Secretary General of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF).

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RAND reports suggest US DoD use less petroleum fuel to deal with high prices, not count on alternatives

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Bartis and RAND colleague Lawrence van Bibbe were the authors of a 2011 RAND report concluding that if the US military increased its use of alternative jet and naval fuels that can be produced from coal or various renewable resources, including seed oils, waste oils and algae, there would be no direct benefit to the nation’s armed forces.

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Smith School lifecycle study highlights importance for algae-derived biodiesel of co-product utilization and optimizing and decarbonizing every step of the supply chain

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Since it is most likely that within the next decades the share of transport fuels from energy intensive unconventional oil resources will increase, the production of advanced biofuels from microalgae can only be a viable renewable fuel source if the energy intensity of the process can be managed and lowered accordingly. —Shirvani et al.

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ExxonMobil brings Kearl oil sands expansion online ahead of schedule; overall capacity doubling to 220K barrels per day

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billion barrels of resource for more than 40 years. This places oil sands within the same GHG intensity range as 45% of crude oil supplied to US refineries in 2012.). The California Air Resources Board (ARB) established the 2014 Crude Average carbon intensity of 11.30 Kearl will access approximately 4.6 Earlier post.).

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Opinion: Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?

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Russia supplied about 30 percent (146.6 The decision also has impacted natural gas export prices negatively, since, for Russia's long-term supply agreements, they wholly or partially are indexed to oil prices. They include bans on financing for and the supply of critical equipment and technology to important Russian energy projects.

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