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Qatar Airways Becomes First to Operate Commercial Flight on GTL Jet Fuel Blend Qatar Airways became the first airline to operate a commercial flight o

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Qatar Airways became the first airline to operate a commercial flight on a 50:50 blend with synthetic GTL Jet Fuel. In September, ASTM International released a new specification that fully and unconditionally approved the use of Gas-to-Liquids Kerosene blends for powering commercial aircraft. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Williams Advanced Engineering’s simulator technology to help in trial of driverless cars

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Williams Advanced Engineering has been commercializing this technology since 2010, with previous projects including the development of road safety simulators to improve driving standards in Qatar.

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First Pearl GTL product shipment reaches US: synthetic base oil

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The product, the first from the Qatar-based Pearl GTL plant to reach the Americas, will be stored at a hub in Houston and routed to Shell Lubricants’ GTL-enabled blending facilities throughout the United States. The plant uses natural gas from Qatar’s North Field to manufacture high-quality base oils and other GTL products.

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Williams F1 and Kinetic Traction Systems partner to advance composite flywheel energy storage technology for rail and grid applications

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The co-operation will also see further development and enhancements to the GTR undertaken by Williams F1’s energy storage team based at the Williams Technology Centre in Qatar. With both companies commercializing flywheel energy storage based on common MLC technology, aligning our engineering, development and marketing makes sense.

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Boeing Launches 777X fuel-efficient long-haul twin-engine jet program

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With a range of more than 8,200 nautical miles (15,185 km), the airplane will have the lowest operating cost per seat of any commercial airplane. The second member of the family, the 777-8X will seat 350 passengers and offer a range capability of more than 9,300 nautical miles (17,220 km).

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

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The first quote modifies a GEICO commercial describing a free-range chicken (If you’re a free range chicken, you roam free, that’s what you do), the second, the famous John Maynard Keynes quote about markets (The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent), the third, another famous Keynes quote (In the long run, we’re all dead).

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ABB charges into the future with Formula E

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The power will be higher, so we can promote even more how EVs are exciting to drive, and the fast charging tech will give the opportunity to show that the range and the time of charging is becoming less of an issue nowadays,” said Medeiros. When Formula E started, range was limited, so each driver had two cars, and performed a swap mid-race.