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

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The Gas Exporting Countries Forum is an international governmental organization of 20 Member Countries—Algeria, Bolivia, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Iran, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Russia, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Angola, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Norway, Oman, Peru, and the United Arab Emirates—which jointly control 71% (..)

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IEA: non-OPEC oil supply tops 43 mb/d for first time in decades; global demand to reach 92.4 mb/d in 2014

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Global oil supplies increased by 310 kb/d in November to 92.3 Year-on-year, November supplies rose by 810 kb/d, as a 1.9 OPEC crude supply fell by 160 kb/d in November to 29.73 OPEC crude supply fell by 160 kb/d in November to 29.73 Global demand is now seen advancing by 1.2 mb/d in both 2013 and 2014, to reach 92.4

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UTM Offshore signs FEED agreement for Nigeria’s first floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility

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The penetration of FNLG in Africa, which started in Cameroon and expanded to Angola and Mozambique and now to Senegal, Mauritania and Nigeria, highlights Africa’s commitment to unlocking the full exploitation of its gas resources. UTM Offshore’s signing of the deal will be a game changer within Africa’s gas market.

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BP takes delivery of 6 new LNG tankers

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BP also participates in LNG projects in Australia, UAE, Indonesia, Trinidad and Angola. This portfolio includes a mix of long-term, mid-term and short-term supply to enable BP to best meet the ever-changing needs of its global portfolio of customers.

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IEA March Oil Market Report revises 2015 demand forecast upward

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Global supply rose by 1.3 expected US crude supply, raising the 2015 North American outlook. expected US crude supply, raising the 2015 North American outlook. mb/d, as losses in Libya and Iraq offset higher supply from Saudi Arabia, Iran and Angola. mb/d, bringing global demand to an average 93.5 mb/d gain in non?OPEC

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Africa’s Electricity-Access Problem Is Worse Than You Think

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Similarly, having a distribution line (often illegally rigged) running to a dwelling tells us nothing about the usage of power or the reliability of its supply. Even South Africa, by far the best-supplied country south of the Sahara, suffers from frequent blackouts.

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ExxonMobil brings Kearl oil sands expansion online ahead of schedule; overall capacity doubling to 220K barrels per day

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This places oil sands within the same GHG intensity range as 45% of crude oil supplied to US refineries in 2012.). gCO 2 e/MJ, calculated by weighting the carbon intensity value for each crude by the volume supplied to California refineries during 2012, 2013, and 2014.).

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