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Sasol and ITOCHU to partner on green ammonia and hydrogen

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The MoU was signed during the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 8) in Tunisia, a forum to advance Japan-Africa sustainable development on the continent. MUFG Bank Ltd, one of the largest Financial Institutions in the world, and a market leader in sustainable financing solutions, witnessed the signing of the MoU.

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California Seabed Mining Prevention Act passes on the Assembly Floor

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This legislation, introduced by Assemblymember Luz Rivas and co-authored by Senators Ben Allen and Monique Limón, and Assemblymembers Sharon Stone and Bill Quirk, would protect more than 2,500 square miles of seafloor and marine life from hard mineral extraction.

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New subsea well-capping device to bolster UK emergency underwater oil spill response capability

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UK Energy Minister, Charles Hendry MP, unveiled a well-capping device developed by the Oil Spill Prevention and Response Advisory Group (OSPRAG) at the SPE Offshore Europe 2011 conference in Aberdeen. Capping device key facts. To various points of the subsea stack. At water depths of between 100m and 3,048m (328ft to 10,000ft).

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Thordon Bearings Retrofitting Ocean-Going Vessels With Seawater-Lubricated Propeller Shaft Bearings To Reduce Stern-Tube Oil Pollution; Annual Leaks Estimated at About 2x Exxon Valdez Spill

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At last week’s Ocean Innovation 2009 conference in Victoria, British Columbia, Craig Carter, Director of Marketing and Customer Service at Thordon Bearings detailed the company’s progress in the retrofitting of large ocean-going vessels with seawater-lubricated propeller shaft bearings to reduce waterborne pollution.

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Study finds harvesting kelp in July optimizes carbohydrate level for fuel production

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Their results, presented at the Society for Experimental Biology Annual Conference in Glasgow on 4 July, showed that the best month for biofuel harvest was in July when the kelp contained the highest proportions of carbohydrate and the lowest metal content. The chemical composition of the seaweed is important to both of these processes.

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Small-displacement two-stroke H2 engine could address performance and emissions cost-effectively for recreational market; potential for Asian motor vehicle fleet

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Oh presented a paper on the work, which was the result of two years of research activity in conjunction with Bombardier Recreational Projects, at the ASME 2012 Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference. Initially, they used an off-the-shelf, synthetic-blend, TCW3-rated two-stroke engine oil. Oh and Plante.

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Nornickel, Rosatom and FESRC to design and build LNG-icebreaker to escort Nornickel ships along Northern Sea Route

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IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. The Northern Sea Route is defined by Russian legislation as lying east of Novaya Zemlya and running along the Russian Arctic coast from the Kara Sea, along Siberia, to the Bering Strait. Dorofeeva, L & Roslyakova, Natalia & Korshunov, I.

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