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Sasol and partners sign investment agreement to develop and implement GTL project with the Government of Uzbekistan

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South African energy and chemicals group, Sasol, together with partners Uzbekneftegaz and PETRONAS, signed an investment agreement with the Minister of Foreign Economic Relations, Investment and Trade for the Uzbekistan government, for the development and implementation of a gas-to-liquids (GTL) project in Uzbekistan.

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Petronas, Uzbekneftegaz and Sasol Developing Uzbek Gas-to-Liquids Project

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The HOA follows the positive outcome of a joint pre-feasibility study undertaken by the three parties on the proposed project, based on Sasol’s proprietary technology, to produce high-quality transportation fuels from Uzbekistan’s gas reserves.

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Declining Aral Sea

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By the end of the 1980s, it had split into the Small Aral Sea (north), located in Kazakhstan, and the horse-shoe shaped Large Aral Sea (south), shared by Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. The sea’s entire southern section is expected to dry out completely by 2020, but efforts are underway to save the northern part.

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US Transport Secretary thinks Musk’s Hyperloop idea is interesting, but not on the govt’s dime

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This is, at least, according to US Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. During a recent Q&A session on Monday, Buttigieg discussed the Biden administration’s approach to new and emerging transportation innovations. “We’re all about exciting ideas that could make a difference.

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Report Finds Water Stress Rapidly Becoming Key Strategic Risk to Commerce; Impending Water/Energy Collision

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Cotton is typically grown in arid regions converted to farmland; in Uzbekistan, for example, which is one of the world’s largest exporters of cotton, the extraction of water from rivers that supply the Aral Sea is a key contributor to its deterioration and desertification. Metals and Mining.

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