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Chevron announces $32.7B capital and exploratory budget for 2012; LNG and deepwater investments propel a step change

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By 2017, we expect our net crude oil and natural gas production to grow about 20 percent to 3.3 Kazakhstan/Russia: Caspian Pipeline expansion. Investments include refinery projects geared toward improving returns by increasing energy efficiency and feedstock flexibility, and producing cleaner fuels. million barrels per day.

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Opinion: Uranium Prices Set To Double By 2018

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Mining Weekly expects “the period from 2017-2020 to be a landmark period for the nuclear sector and uranium stocks, as the global operating nuclear reactor fleet expands.”. But the toxicity levels have dissipated, and nuclear energy is rebounding as a cleaner power source with next generation safeguards.

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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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The largest increase in oil production comes from Iraq, followed by Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Kazakhstan and Canada. Without further action by 2017, the energy-related infrastructure then in place would generate all the CO 2 emissions allowed in the 450 Scenario up to 2035. trillion in subsidies over the projection period.

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