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BYD and UzAuto to form NEV production JV in Uzbekistan

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Strong cooperations with other international enterprises on the development of vehicle electrification is part of the core business strategy. In addition to the 95% share in the domestic market, in 2020, UzAuto achieved the number one sales volume for two consecutive years with overseas production in Kazakhstan.

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SpaceX’s Elon Musk wins IAF World Space Award at 74th Int’l Astronautical Congress

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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has been hailed as the recipient of the 2023 International Astronautical Federation (IAF) World Space Award for individuals. The award was given during the 74th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Baku, Azerbaijan. CONGRATULATIONS to our awardees!

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Devon Energy and BP Enter Into $7.0B Property Sales Agreement and Oil Sands Joint Venture

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Devon Energy Corporation has entered into agreements to sell all of its assets in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, Brazil and Azerbaijan to BP for $7.0 In Azerbaijan, acquisition of Devon’s 5.63% stake in the ACG development will increase BP’s operating interest in the fields to 39.77%. billion in cash.

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BP closes out 2013 with deepwater finds in Gulf of Mexico and offshore Angola; new activity offshore Brazil

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Earlier in December, Cobalt International Energy announced a significant discovery at its Lontra well in the pre-salt play offshore Angola, in which BP holds a 30% interest. The lease for Keathley Canyon Block 93 was acquired in the Western Gulf of Mexico Lease OCS Sale 187 in 2003. Click to enlarge.

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Lotfi Zadeh and the Birth of Fuzzy Logic

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He was born in 1921 in Azerbaijan, then part of the Soviet Union, and moved to Iran at age 10. It was a comfortable, undemanding environment; I was not challenged internally. His parents—his father a businessman and newspaper correspondent, his mother a doctor—were comfortably well off. Zadeh Date of Birth Feb.

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COP26 declaration on accelerating the transition to 100% zero emission cars and vans

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Signatories by category: Governments: Austria; Azerbaijan; Cambodia; Canada; Cape Verde; Chile; Croatia; Cyprus; Denmark; El Salvador; Finland; Iceland; Ireland; Israel; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Poland; Slovenia; Sweden; United Kingdom. The declaration is not legally binding and is focused on a global level.