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Shell starts production at Vito in US Gulf of Mexico; new, simplified design

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With an estimated peak production of 100,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, Vito is the company’s first deep-water platform in the GoM to employ a simplified, cost-efficient host design. Vito is Shell’s 13 th deep-water host in the Gulf of Mexico. Shell announced a final investment decision (FID) on the Vito project in April 2018.

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HyIron opens direct reduction plant for green iron

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In Namibia, we are currently setting up an industrial-scale production with the support of the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK). Here in Lingen, we are already using iron ore from Namibia to optimize the process and the product. Airtight rotary kiln for iron reduction.

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Should the Cobalt for EVs Come From the Congo or the Seafloor?

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Sometime in 2022, workers on the Hidden Gem will lower into the water a steel pipe of colossal proportions, one segment at a time, with a total length of 4 kilometers. At the business end is the robotic collector vehicle,” explains Jon Machin, head of offshore engineering at the Metals Company. “At

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