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More conferences and events outside of China being cancelled due to caution over COVID-19

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Now, although not of the scale of the just-cancelled Geneva International Motor Show (GIMS), which was due to open this week ( earlier post ) other conferences and events in the energy and transportation space outside of China are cancelling due to caution over COVID-19. CERAWeek will simply skip this year, and reconvene in Houston in 2021.

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Weir and MTU to develop purpose-built power systems for fracking

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The agreement was announced today at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, Texas, with the fully integrated power system expected to be available to customers in mid-2015. The system will be used for hydraulic fracking operations during the well completion stage of shale oil and gas projects.

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Petrobras CEO says company will grow production to 5.7 mboe/day by 2020

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Speaking at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston , Petrobras CEO Maria das Graças Silva Foster said that the Brazilian oil and gas company’s reserves will double in size by 2020. Production, which was 2.2 million barrels of oil equivalent (oil and natural gas) per day in 2012, is expected to reach 5.7

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Boeing’s Starliner slightly delayed, but ready for launch

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During a recent press conference at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Flight Director Steve Lammers detailed what to expect before the flight. This will be the first mission controlled by Houston after lift-off since the last Space Shuttle mission, STS-135.

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INRIX and Parkmobile bring end-to-end parking solution to the connected car

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a leading provider of dynamic connected car services worldwide, and Parkmobile, the leading provider of on-demand and prepaid mobile payments for on- and off- street parking and mobility solutions, announced a strategic partnership at the annual International Parking Institute (IPI) conference. INRIX, Inc., cities, including Washington D.C.,

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This App Gauges Your Risk of COVID-19 Exposure in Public Places

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Albert Cheng , a professor of computer science and electrical and computer engineering at the University of Houston , is developing a smartphone app to help them do that. He is currently piloting the app in Houston and Seattle. In the Houston area, for example, Harris County’s records are updated daily, but only on weekdays.

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Teen Creates App To Identify Nutrient Deficiencies

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He presented his app at last year’s IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Reality during an event hosted in collaboration with Amazon Web Services. Selected as finalists, they presented their idea virtually to the Conrad Challenge Innovation Summit at the Space Center Houston. He needed help, however.

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