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Petrobras Announces New Discovery in the Deepwater Caratinga Field; Production Up 3.2% in April

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Petrobras announced the discovery of two new light oil accumulations (29° API) in reservoirs in the post- and pre-salt layer in deep Campos Basin waters. New wells were connected to the FPSO Cidade de Vitória vessel platform, installed in the Golfinho field, in the Espírito Santo portion of the Campos Basin. Production up 3.2%

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This Lockheed Martin Researcher’s Work on UAVs Saves Lives

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Kingsley Fregene Saving lives in Nigeria Fregene’s aim to keep people safe started with his first after-school job, as a bus conductor, when he was in the sixth grade. As part of the job, in Oghara, Nigeria, then a small fishing village along the Niger River, he collected fares and directed passengers on and off the bus.

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This Nigerian Startup’s Minigrid Began as a School Project

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After he graduated from the Federal University of Technology in Owerri, Nigeria, his plan was to get a high-paying job at one of the multinational oil and gas companies based in the country. Orajaka says his off-grid system of the first of its kind developed and implemented in Nigeria. The IEEE member is GVE’s chief executive.

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles actually good for the environment?

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ICEVs have been around for a while, and although they’ve had the time to perfect their manufacturing process and we’ve seen increased pressure on the importance of fuel economy and emissions, the thermal efficiency of the average light vehicle engine remains between 20-35%, and we’re not seeing much improvement beyond this. THE BOTTOM LINE.

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Mother’s Day Gift Guide: Nostalgic Beach Supplies, Egg Cups and More

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I start each day in the garden when I can, gathering stems and branches to bring light and life into the house,” she says. Four years after she began the practice, Johnson still arranges flowers from her own Brooklyn backyard as often as possible. “I

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles actually good for the environment?

Drive Electric NZ

ICEVs have been around for a while, and although they’ve had the time to perfect their manufacturing process and we’ve seen increased pressure on the importance of fuel economy and emissions, the thermal efficiency of the average light vehicle engine remains between 20-35%, and we’re not seeing much improvement beyond this. THE BOTTOM LINE.

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IEEE Standards Development Pioneer Koepfinger Dies at 99

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Koepfinger had a 60-year career at Duquesne Light , in Pittsburgh, retiring in 2000 as director of its system studies and research department. He was instrumental in installing cellular networks in Argentina, Nigeria, and the Philippines. He served in the U.S.