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BASF and Gazprom agree on asset swap; BASF’s Wintershall expanding production of oil and gas, exiting gas trading and storage business

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BASF and Russia’s Gazprom signed a legally binding basic agreement to swap assets of equivalent value. In October, Wintershall also substantially expanded its production and reserves of oil and gas in the North Sea through an asset swap with Statoil. billion barrel of oil equivalent. This is equivalent to a total of 2.4

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Canada files to define outer limits of expanded Atlantic continental shelf; preliminary filing on Arctic, targeting North Pole

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Legal context. Legal certainty and international recognition is vital to developing our potentially immense resources. International collaboration, notably with the United States of America and the Kingdom of Denmark, as well as the innovative use of technology were used to collect the best data possible in this environment.

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Study finds between 87 to 98% of ships following the new sulfur regulations in northern Europe

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Some of the measurements were taken using an airplane flying over Denmark, the English Channel and the middle of the Baltic Sea, while others used fixed measuring stations in the approach to Gothenburg, Sweden, on the Oresund Bridge (between Copenhagen and Malmo) and on the Great Belt Bridge in central Denmark.

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Smart-grid project matches wind to electric cars | Green Tech - CNET News

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The EDISON (Electric Vehicles in a Distributed and Integrated Market using Sustainable Energy and Open Networks) research consortium will seek to match power generation from wind turbines on the island of Bornholm, Denmark, with the power consumption of charging plug-in electric cars. The project is partly funded by the government of Denmark.

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Electric cars back on track?

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Oil has passed $120 a barrel. This year Renault announced a partnership with Project Better Place to manufacture electric cars for Shai Agassi’s ambitious plan to create discreet markets, beginning in Israel and Denmark. Still, with all the activity, showrooms remain devoid of a highway-legal electric car. GM lost $3.25