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Iran, Iraq, Syria sign $10B gas pipeline deal

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Iran, Iraq, and Syria have signed a deal for the construction of the Middle East’s largest gas pipeline, which would carry gas from Iran’s South Pars gas field to Europe via Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon and beneath the Mediterranean Sea. Projected pipeline capacity is 110 million cubic meters of natural gas per day.

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Nissan Has a Turnaround Plan That Involves Cheaper EVs and Other Electrified Models

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Its former CEO had to flee Japan and is currently hiding in Lebanon, and several high-value employees left shortly after. Additionally, the company will refresh 60 percent of its gas vehicle catalog at the same time. The last decade hasn’t been the kindest to Nissan.

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The War in Ukraine Disrupts Trade in Both Food and Fuel

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Russia ranks second in the extraction of both crude oil (behind the United States and ahead of Saudi Arabia) and natural gas (behind the United States and ahead of Iran), and it is the sixth-largest producer of coal (behind Australia and ahead of South Africa).

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US EIA reminder: Strait of Hormuz world’s most important oil chokepoint; almost 20% of oil traded worldwide

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The Abqaiq-Yanbu natural gas liquids pipeline, which runs parallel to the Petroline to the Red Sea, has a 290,000-bbl/d capacity. million-bbl/d Tapline to Lebanon. Alternate routes to the Strait include: The 745-mile long Petroline, also known as the East-West Pipeline, across Saudi Arabia from Abqaiq to the Red Sea.

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The 25 Best Restaurants in Austin Right Now

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If you’re interested in wines from the Eastern Mediterranean, especially Lebanon, ask to see the bottle list. PRIYA KRISHNA Various locations; veracruzallnatural.com In Texas, it’s not unusual to find exceptional food in a gas station or convenience store. Austin is a better food town for it.

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Australia’s Tritium DCFC to build electric vehicle charger production plant in Tennessee

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Australia’s Tritium DCFC ( NASDAQ: DCFC ) has officially announced plans to expand its footprint of American manufacturing with a new facility in Lebanon, Tennessee that will house up to six production lines for the company’s DC fast chargers.

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Syrian oil ministry announces oil shale tender

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Syria is the only significant crude oil producing country in the Eastern Mediterranean region (including Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza), according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). According to The Oil and Gas Journal , Syria had 2.5 In 2005, Syria reactivated the effort.

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