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$67 Oil Has All The Majors Converging in Argentina

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Argentina offers one of the few places on earth where oil companies are not suffering from the full force of the collapse in prices. Argentina regulates oil prices, a policy originally intended to insulate the public from the whims of the market, protecting people from triple-digit crude prices. by Nick Cunningham of Oilprice.com.

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Start-Up MOBI LATAM partners with EnergyX to develop Bolivian domestic lithium battery supply chain

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Bolivia is lithium-rich; the USGS estimates identified lithium reserves in the country to be 21 million tons—ahead of Argentina and Chile, the other members of the “lithium triangle”. However, Bolivia is production-poor; Chile and Argentina are top global producers, but Bolivia has yet to produce the mineral in commercial quantities.

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Bio-isobutanol company Gevo signs licensing and joint development agreements with Porta in Argentina; corn feedstock

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to construct multiple isobutanol plants in Argentina using corn as a feedstock. As one of the leading engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) service providers to the ethanol industry in Argentina, Porta would provide the EPC services for the projects. Patrick Gruber, Gevo CEO.

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GM investing $650M in Lithium Americas; offtake agreement from Thacker Pass

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The second tranche investment is expected to be made into Lithium Americas’ US-focused lithium business following the separation of its US and Argentina businesses and is contingent on similar conditions, including Lithium Americas securing sufficient capital to fund the development expenditures to support Thacker Pass.

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Tesla’s Elon Musk to meet with Argentina President Javier Milei at Giga Texas: report

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Javier Milei, the president of Argentina, is poised to attend a meeting with Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The meeting , which was reportedly scheduled by the CEO, will be held at Tesla Gigafactory Texas next Thursday. The Argentine president noted during his 2023 campaign that Argentina’s armed forces were in dire need of improvement.

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UPS makes largest purchase of renewable natural gas yet in the US: 170M gallon equivalents over 7 years

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El Paso, Texas; Fort Worth, Texas; Kansas City, Kan.; Salt Lake City, Utah; San Antonio, Texas; Shreveport, La.; UPS drives more than 6,100 CNG and LNG vehicles which can be powered by RNG in Argentina, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Atlanta, Ga.;

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Exxon Mobil Acquiring XTO Energy in $41B Deal; Enhances US Position in Unconventional Natural Gas and Oil

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Its properties are concentrated in Texas, New Mexico, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Louisiana and Montana. These will complement ExxonMobil’s holdings in the United States, Canada, Germany, Poland, Hungary and Argentina. In connection with the transaction, J.P.

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