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"Transmission Losses:" West African pirates

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West Africa's burgeoning oil industry has a pirate problem. Most were related to the oil industry. The US Africa Command, inaugurated in 2008, will undoubtedly play a major role to enable safe passage of this increasingly vital oil. oil imports. Tags: Big Oil. Source: UPI.com ].

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This Lockheed Martin Researcher’s Work on UAVs Saves Lives

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He also contributed to algorithms enabling autonomous undersea vehicles to inspect offshore oil and gas platforms after hurricanes so that divers don’t have to. 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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