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Shell starts production at Vito in US Gulf of Mexico; new, simplified design

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With an estimated peak production of 100,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, Vito is the company’s first deep-water platform in the GoM to employ a simplified, cost-efficient host design. Vito also serves as the design standard for the Whale project that will feature a 99% replication of the Vito hull and 80% of Vito’s topsides.

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New Volkswagen MQ281 manual gearbox shaves up to 5g CO2/km

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The MQ281 has a torque spectrum of 200 to 340 N·m, which means it completely or partially supersedes the current Volkswagen gearbox designs with the internal designations MQ250 and MQ350 respectively. This enabled us to design a completely new oil conduction system. The MQ281 is based on a 2.5

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Lux Research: Australia best positioned to be next big shale play; China and Argentina next

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Hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling have unlocked shale gas and tight oil resources previously written off as uneconomical, single-handedly altering North America’s energy landscape. Unconventional oil and gas production requires next-generation sensors and monitoring systems for intelligent well design and fraccing.

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Lithium manufacturers warn international provides won’t meet EV call for

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This past, Puddle Sources become the actual lithium corporate to announce a venture extend, pushing again first manufacturing from its Kachi lithium venture in Argentina through 3 years. Exxon Mobil and alternative oil corporations despatched contingents as a part of their foray into the battery metals sector.