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Petrobras oil & natural gas output up 4% in Brazil in June to 2.4M boed

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Petrobras’ oil and natural gas output in Brazil was 2,407,366 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed) in June, 4% more than the 2,315,117 barrels produced a year earlier and a 2% increase over May 2011. Domestic natural gas production was 57.317 million cubic meters per day in June. This was 6.9% above last May.

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Chinas CNOOC to acquire Canadian oil sands producer OPTI for $2.1B

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CNOOC is China’s largest producer of offshore crude oil and natural gas and one of the largest independent oil and gas exploration and production companies in the world. The Group mainly engages in exploration, development, production and sales of oil and natural gas.

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Petrobras Announces New Discovery in the Deepwater Caratinga Field; Production Up 3.2% in April

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Separately, Petrobras announced that its average oil and natural gas production in Brazil and abroad topped-out at 2,598,463 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed) in April. Only taking the fields in Brazil into account, the average oil and gas production was 2,356,843 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed). This was 3.2%

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles actually good for the environment?

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In fact, our high levels of renewable energy mean the benefits from reducing EV emissions are greater than in most other countries and in some cases would produce 80% fewer greenhouse gas emissions. million tons), Argentina (2 million tons) and China (1 million tons). EV MYTH THREE: The world will run out of lithium.

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles actually good for the environment?

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In fact, our high levels of renewable energy mean the benefits from reducing EV emissions are greater than in most other countries and in some cases would produce 80% fewer greenhouse gas emissions. million tons), Argentina (2 million tons) and China (1 million tons). EV MYTH THREE: The world will run out of lithium.