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Eni report: global oil reserves and oil production up in 2018 due to US

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In 2018, global oil reserves rose slightly (+0.4%), mainly due to growth in the US. OPEC registered zero growth as production in the Arab Gulf countries were offset by losses in Iran and Venezuela due to geopolitical issues. WTI, the US light crude, covers 60% of global growth. recorded in 2013-2017.

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Studies find global COVID-19 lockdowns have significantly reduced PM2.5 and NO2 pollution, but ozone up

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The two new papers are part of an ongoing special collection of research in AGU journals related to the current pandemic. However, the study found nitrogen dioxide pollution did not decrease over Iran, one of the earliest and hardest-hit countries. The temperature data are from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (2017).

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Renault’s new 2017-2022 plan: 8 EVs, 12 electrified models, 15 autonomous models

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million units2 sold in 2016, as the company expands its product range, including in LCV and new electric vehicles and builds on success of its global access range. Growing market opportunities in Brazil, India, Iran. Groupe Renault key assets: Globalizing light commercial vehicle (LCV) range; becoming a top global player.

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How the Huawei Fight is Changing the Face of 5G

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US sanctions targeting China's telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies have crippled the company, effectively forcing it out of the global smartphone market and now threatening its domestic phone business as well. What's at stake is control of international 5G networks, which are expected to transform global communications.

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Opinion: Saudis Could Face An Open Revolt At Next OPEC Meeting

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CME Brent oil futures project continuity: as of August 18, 2015, CME Brent futures projected the price remaining below $60/bbl until June 2017. For Iran, the only other OPEC country for which the IEA provides domestic demand data, the increase in exports, 0.7 percentage points. percent, matched the increased domestic output.

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Opinion: Oil Megaprojects Won’t Stay On The Shelf For Long

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By 2017, the company says it will cease deepwater exploration and will sell off its offshore leases that it does not plan on developing. Moody’s Investors Service sees the contraction as too little to make a significant dent in the global supply gut. Conoco has the rights to 2.2 rig count has declined by more than half, U.S.

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Why Cyberwarfare Is Overhyped

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And a lot of people were asking when the book came out in 2017, “What about cyber war? Solutionism is a term coined by the social critic Evgeny Morozov to kind of capture this idea that is part of the culture, that all social problems can have technological solutions. The point is that it is part of the upcode of the world.

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