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Consortium developing green hydrogen megaproject in Oman

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An international consortium comprising OQ, which is the Sultanate of Oman’s global integrated energy company, InterContinental Energy, the leading dedicated green fuels developer, and EnerTech, a Kuwait government-backed clean energy investor and developer, is developing an integrated green fuels mega project in Oman.

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Study estimates ~4M children worldwide develop asthma each year because of NO2 air pollution

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The authors combined a global dataset of ambient NO 2 (modelled from ground-level monitors, satellite data, and land use variables such as road networks) with data on population distribution and asthma incidence to estimate the number of new traffic pollution-related asthma cases in children aged 1-18 years.

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Landsat Proved the Power of Remote Sensing

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It was a difficult time in global politics, and much of his speech focused on the war in Vietnam, disputes in the Middle East, and strategic arms control. As an example, he noted the United States was in the process of developing new satellites to survey Earth’s natural resources. On 18 September 1969 , U.S.

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Kuwait Researchers Forecast Global Conventional Crude Oil Production Will Peak in 2014; New Multicyclic Hubbert Model

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Scientists from Kuwait University and Kuwait Oil Company are forecasting that world conventional crude oil production will peak in 2014—almost a decade earlier than some other predictions. Click to enlarge. Their study is in published the ACS journal Energy & Fuels. Energy Fuels , Article ASAP doi: 10.1021/ef901240p.

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Opinion: Saudis Could Face An Open Revolt At Next OPEC Meeting

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Of the non-Saudi, non-Gulf Arab ally OPEC members, only Libyan per capita resources exceed the average. Interestingly, also, the Saudis increased their share of OPEC average daily output in the first half of 2015 over 2014 average daily volume—and their share of average daily global output. trillion of $3.05 billion vs. $1.6

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Chevron leveraging information technology to optimize thermal production of heavy oil with increased recovery and reduced costs

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for the first quarter of 2011, according to data from the California Department of Oil, Gas & Geothermal Resources (DOGGR). The US heavy oil resource approaches 100 billion. Of the total worldwide oil resources of 9–13 trillion barrels, 15% is estimated to be heavy (i.e., in 1988 to just above 2.3 Source: Chevron.

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Opinion: Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?

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Denis Khramov, Russia’s deputy Minister of Natural Resources, said September 28 at a conference in Russia’s Far East that Rosneft and Gazprom are delaying some offshore drilling by two to three years because of sanctions and low oil prices. from a market for Russian crude and natural gas (via LNG) to a global competitor.

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