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Gulf oil giants Saudi Aramco, Adnoc set sights on lithium – ET Auto

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Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates’ national oil companies plan to extract lithium from brine in their oilfields, in line with efforts to diversify their economies and profit from the shift to electric vehicles (EVs), three sources told Reuters. Aramco did not respond to a request for comment, Adnoc declined to comment.

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Competition Spurs Robotics and AI Innovations for Maritime Challenges

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This is a sponsored article brought to you by MBZIRC Maritime Grand Challenge. Organized by ASPIRE, the dedicated technology programme management pillar of the Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC), the overarching advanced technology research body in Abu Dhabi, UAE, the MBZIRC is held every two years.

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Opinion: OPEC Divorce And Self-Destruction Thanks To Saudi Oil Strategy?

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If you are the world’s leading energy economy, you produce energy, that’s what you do.”. “A oil analyst cited in this article, who has tracked oil companies’ budgets for many years, estimates that Aramco and its Kuwaiti and UAE counterparts will increase their investment in oil exploration and production in 2015 by 4.5

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Opinion: Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?

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Energy is the foundation of Russia, its economy, its government, and its political system. According to the IMF’s 2015 Article IV Consultation-Press Release and Staff Report , published August 3, oil and natural gas exports constituted 65 percent of exports, 52 percent of the Federal government budget, and 14.5 billion respectively).

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Building a Zero Trust Security Model for Autonomous Systems

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This sponsored article is brought to you by Technology Innovation Institute. Just last year, a half dozen precisely targeted malicious drones managed to slow oil production in Saudi Arabia for days, and more recently, several low-cost drones caused significant damage to oil tankers in the UAE. million trees in only two days.

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