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ExxonMobil adds 2.7B barrels oil equivalent to reserves; replaces 183% of 2017 production

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billion gross oil-equivalent barrels prior to the 2018 Ranger discovery. This was the largest addition to the resource base since the acquisition of XTO Energy in 2010. Additional exploration drilling in Guyana is planned in 2018 on the 11.5 ExxonMobil added 9.8 million gross acres currently held offshore.

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Study links PM2.5 pollution to increased risk of diabetes; even low levels pose risk

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In diabetes, pollution is thought to reduce insulin production and trigger inflammation, preventing the body from converting blood glucose into energy that the body needs to maintain health. 2018) “The 2016 global and national burden of diabetes mellitus attributable to PM 2.5 Previous studies have found that PM 2.5

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