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FPSO vessel for the bp-operated Greater Tortue Ahmeyim project successfully sets sail for project site

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The floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for the bp-operated Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) liquefied natural gas (LNG) project has started its journey towards the project site off the coasts of Mauritania and Senegal in West Africa. The FLNG facility is designed to provide circa 2.5 million meters of cable.

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UTM Offshore signs FEED agreement for Nigeria’s first floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility

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UTM Offshore signed an agreement for the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) for Nigeria’s first Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) facility with engineering firms KBR, JGC Corporation and Technip Energies. UTM Offshore’s signing of the deal will be a game changer within Africa’s gas market.

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BHP offboards its petroleum business in merger with Woodside; focus on “future-facing commodities”

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The Atlantis Phase 3 (US), Mad Dog Phase 2 (US), Shenzi North (US) and Sangomar Field Development Phase 1 (Senegal) projects remain on budget and on track, and along with significant brownfield expansion options, provide opportunity for near- and medium-term growth. BHP also recently announced that it will supply Tesla Inc. Earlier post.).

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MIT study: people globally follow a “visitation law”; inverse relationship between distance and frequency of visits

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To conduct the study, the researchers used anonymized cellphone data from large communications providers to track the movement of people in the metro areas of Abidjan, Ivory Coast; Boston; Braga, Lisbon, and Porto, Portugal; Dakar, Senegal; and Singapore.

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Gravita India largest battery recycling firm enters into EV recycling business

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The EV battery recycling market is still in its early stage. The recycling of batteries demand is expected to become feasible in more than 6-7 years, till then the Gravita India will be market-ready. Under this contract, Gravita shall collect and purchase Lead Acid Battery scrap from designated locations of Amara Raja.

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IISD Releases Five-Part Series of Reports on Removing Fossil Fuel Subsidies

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This paper evaluates the state of information on fossil-fuel subsidies in a cross-section of countries that represent a range of governance systems, fossil-fuel markets and stages of economic growth. Better subsidy design can usually help reduce any negative effects and also ease the task of reform in the future.

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