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Honeywell UOP technology selected for new 300K bpd oil refinery in Iraq

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The Iraq State Company for Oil Projects (SCOP), under the Ministry of Oil for Iraq, has selected Honeywell’s UOP to provide key technologies to process 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) of domestic crude oil into gasoline and diesel fuel at a new refinery in Nassiriya, Iraq. Refining capacity in Iraq is expected to reach 1.6

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California 2019 crude average carbon intensity up

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Pursuant to section 95489(c)(3)(B) of the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) Regulation, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Executive Officer has posted the final 2017 Crude Average Carbon Intensity calculation: 12.52 CI (gCO 2 e/MJ). Data: CARB. The three-year California Crude Average carbon intensity of 12.26 gCO 2 e/MJ plus 0.10

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

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The collapse of Venezuela and Mexico and Iran’s retreat prevailed over increases in Saudi Arabia and Iraq, reducing the weight of medium sour crude oil for the first time below 40%, with impacts on price differentials and refining. Global oil demand grew by 1.4%, slightly lower than in 2017 (+1.6%) in a context of increasing oil prices.

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IEA: record oil output from US, Brazil, Canada and Norway to keep global markets well supplied

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The oil industry has yet to recover from an unprecedented two-year drop in investment in 2015-2016, and the IEA sees little-to-no increase in upstream spending outside of the United States in 2017 and 2018. mb/d in 2017. The United States is set to put its stamp on global oil markets for the next five years.

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Junkyard Find: 1992 Geo Metro 4-door hatchback

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You could buy versions of this car all the way through 2017 in Pakistan. Gas was cheap during the late 1980s and early 1990s, other than a spike after Iraq invaded Kuwait , but some car buyers still wanted good fuel economy. My guess is that the reels turned over once, for a total of 162,150.9 Gets 100 kilometers per 4.5

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The Oil War Is Only Just Getting Started

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BP’s Energy Outlook 2017 estimates that there is an abundance of oil resources, and “known resources today dwarf the world’s likely consumption of oil out to 2050 and beyond”. “In If OPEC remains a functional entity by the end of 2017, its greatest hits will surely be in the past. “.

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Opinion: The Current Oil Price Rally Is Reaching Its Limits

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Moreover, supply outages in places like Iraq and Nigeria have also knocked at least a quarter of a million barrels per day offline, an unexpected disruption that put upward pressure on prices in March. The backlog of DUCs should be worked through this year and next, returning to normal by the end of 2017. “If