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Shell delivers more Brazil deep-water production from Parque das Conchas; 3rd phase of project

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Shell and its joint venture announced the start of oil production from the third phase of the deep-water Parque das Conchas (BC-10) development in Brazil’s Campos Basin. Parque das Conchas Phase 3 is the latest, major deep-water project for Shell.

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Ford Sustainability Report details pilot program in South Africa to deliver health care, education

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A new Ford Motor Company pilot program aims to enhance mobility health services in rural areas of South Africa and Nigeria. The services will be accessed using enhanced mobility and connectivity technologies from Ford vehicles. Ford has unveiled a number of new technologies to help people stay better connected behind the wheel.

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This Rice University Professor Developed Cancer-Detection Technology

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Connected on one side is a flexible fiber bundle, just 1 mm in diameter, with a light source and a digital CCD camera inside. On the other side of the device is a cable that can be connected to a laptop, a tablet, or a smartphone. The light source is a blue LED with a peak wavelength of 455 nm.

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China’s CNOOC to acquire Canada-based Nexen for $15.1B; offshore oil and gas, oil sands, and shale gas

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Nexen has major positions in three of the world’s most significant conventional basins: the UK North Sea, Offshore West Africa and the deep-water Gulf of Mexico. Nexen is focused on three core businesses: conventional offshore oil and gas; oil sands; and shale gas: Conventional oil and gas. These investments include a stake in MEG Energy Inc.,

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INPEX and Total launch the $34B Ichthys offshore Australia LNG Project; entire 8.5 Mt/y LNG output already sold for 15 years

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The Ichthys project consists of the development of the Ichthys gas and condensate field offshore North West Australia lying in 260 meters (853 feet) of water depth and the construction of an 889-kilometer (552-mile) gas transmission pipeline together with an onshore LNG plant near Darwin in the Northern Territory.

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Petrobras Announces New Discovery in the Deepwater Caratinga Field; Production Up 3.2% in April

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Petrobras announced the discovery of two new light oil accumulations (29° API) in reservoirs in the post- and pre-salt layer in deep Campos Basin waters. If the connection between these two accumulations is confirmed, preliminary data for the new well indicate a joint potential recoverable volume of 360 million barrels of oil equivalent.

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This Lockheed Martin Researcher’s Work on UAVs Saves Lives

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Indago flies above structures engulfed in flames and maps out the hot zones, on which K-Max then drops flame retardant or water. Kingsley Fregene Saving lives in Nigeria Fregene’s aim to keep people safe started with his first after-school job, as a bus conductor, when he was in the sixth grade. They didn’t remain mysterious for long.

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