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California 2019 crude average carbon intensity up

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The 2019 CI is up from 2018 (12.35) and from 2017 (11.93); volume delivered to California refineries was down, however: 584,313,143 barrels in 2019, versus 624,127,435 in 2018 and 621,246,732 in 2017. California gets the largest portion of its crude from itself: 155,785,058 barrels in 2019, or 27% of the total. CI (gCO 2 e/MJ).

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

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Source: Eni World Oil Review 2019. 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. also rose in Brazil and Norway.

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IEA: global electricity demand growing faster than renewables, driving strong increase in generation from coal

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As a result, carbon emissions from the electricity sector—which fell in both 2019 and 2020—are forecast to increase by 3.5% Renewable growth has exceeded demand growth in only two years: 2019 and 2020. in 2021 and by 2.5% in 2022, which would take them to an all-time high.

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GECF: more than a quarter of 2050 natural gas supply untapped

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average economic growth rate between 2000 and 2019, continuously expanding domestic gas production, attracting investors, and enhancing knowledge and technologies exchange. As a holder of the fourth-largest volume of gas reserves worldwide, Turkmenistan has been unlocking the potential of natural gas, leading to an 11.5%

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Average 2020 crude carbon intensity for California rose 7% to 13.41 gCO2e/MJ

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Saudi Arabian oil accounted for 11% (52,372,452 barrels) and Iraq provided 10% (45,901,399). In 2020, although the volume of crude supplied to refineries dropped to 476,730,992 barrels from 584,313,143 the year before, the average carbon intensity (CI) rose to 13.41 gCO 2 e/MJ from 12.52

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ICCT study finds noise and climate impacts of a new generation of supersonic aircraft could be significant

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Canada, Germany, Iraq, Ireland, Romania, Turkey, and parts of the United States would experience frequent sonic booms; the most heavily impacted regions could be exposed to between 150 and 200 incidents per day, or up to one boom every five minutes over a 16 hour flight day.

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My journey to and on the Mauritanian Iron Ore Train

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Adventures with public transport to EXPO 2020 Dubai Since my return in 2019, I’ve become an “ inspiring speaker ,” and in 2022, I received an invitation to speak at EXPO 2020 in Dubai. Most people would hop on a plane without a second thought, but not me.