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ConocoPhillips to Sell Syncrude Oil Sands Stake to Sinopec for $4.65B

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ConocoPhillips has entered into definitive agreements with subsidiaries of China-based Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration and Production Company (SIPC) to sell its 9.03% interest in Syncrude for $4.65 The transaction is anticipated to close in the third quarter of 2010 once Canadian and Chinese government approvals are obtained.

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PetroChina to Take 60% Working Interest in Two Oil Sands Projects for C$1.9B

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Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. Oil sands projects are very capital-intensive long-term investments and difficult to fully finance in the traditional equity market. As joint venture partners, AOSC and PetroChina International intend to use common in-situ methods to develop their oil sands projects.

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Eni licenses EST technology to Sinopec to convert residues to high-quality light products; eliminating pet-coke and fuel oil

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Eni has now sold the licence and basic engineering project to the Chinese company Sinopec for the construction of a refining plant based on EST. The plant will be built at the Sinopec refinery in Maoming, in Guandong province, and is due to be completed by 2020. Eni slurry technology: A new process for heavy oil upgrading.” 614-622.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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From an official point of view, COP 15 is to be informed by the most recent report from the UNFCCC’s International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4), published in 2007. Without a clear and ambitious number, the whole agreement will be in danger ” [ 8 ].

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Can Flow Batteries Finally Beat Lithium?

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Importantly, the nanofluids are engineered to remain suspended indefinitely, unlike other suspensions—for instance, sand in water. The particles can compose up to 80 percent of the liquid’s weight while leaving it no more viscous than motor oil. Influit Energy Then there is the technological competition.

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Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles : Gas 2.0

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Cornell Tweet This Post Tags: BMW , electric vehicles , Fiat , Ford , General Motors , plug-in , Toyota , Volkswagen You might also like: 9 Electric Cars 100 Years Old or More The Chinese BYD F3DM, First Mass Produced Electric Car, Fails with Consumers GM Ditches Volt for Geo Metro Hybrid? is a Green Options Media Production.

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MIT Battery Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Electric Cars : Gas 2.0

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ultra You might also like: Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles 9 Electric Cars 100 Years Old or More The Chinese BYD F3DM, First Mass Produced Electric Car, Fails with Consumers GM Ditches Volt for Geo Metro Hybrid? is a Green Options Media Production.

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