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AFRY, RINA study points to feasibility and attractiveness of Gulf-to-Europe hydrogen pipeline

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The concept of a hydrogen pipeline connecting Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and traversing the Mediterranean Sea to Europe may seem ambitious, but initial assessment indicates its feasibility. Route from Gulf to EU border could run 3,400 km from Qatar to Greece via Yanbu, Neom, Gulf of Aqaba, Port Said area.

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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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First gas flows to Pearl GTL

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Construction at the massive Pearl GTL project, Qatar, 2010. Qatar Petroleum and Shell announced the first flow of dedicated offshore gas into the Pearl gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant located in Ras Laffan Industrial City in the State of Qatar. Placed end-to-end the tubes would stretch from Qatar to Japan. Earlier post.)

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Cirium: 21 years of airline passenger traffic growth wiped out in 2020

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The factors which usually cause delay, such as congested airspace, taxiways and late connecting passengers simply did not exist in 2020. In Q4 we saw a 78% plunge in bookings compared to the same period last year—this will naturally change the way the industry forecasts demand. —Jeremy Bowen, CEO of Cirium.

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EIA ups total shale oil resource estimate by 13% to 419B barrels, shale gas by 4% to 7576 Tcf

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Each of the countries has an existing oil and natural gas industry with infrastructure connecting the basins to global markets. Oman exports liquefied natural gas (LNG) but imports some volumes of natural gas by pipeline from Qatar via the UAE. Bcf/d from 2005 to 2014. million b/d and its natural gas production by 18% to 5.6

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ABB charges into the future with Formula E

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Formula E is a very unique application, because not only are we taking this equipment and shipping it all around the world, but we’re also connecting it to so many different power sources and different grids,” said Medeiros. The industry is still so young—I can’t tell you that in five years it’s going to be that way.