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Eni report: global oil reserves and oil production up in 2018 due to US

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The second volume, the World Gas and Renewables Review , focused on natural gas and renewables sources (solar, wind and biofuels), will be published in autumn. OPEC registered zero growth as production in the Arab Gulf countries were offset by losses in Iran and Venezuela due to geopolitical issues. also rose in Brazil and Norway.

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ExxonMobil: global GDP up ~140% by 2040, but energy demand ~35% due to efficiency; LDV energy demand to rise only slightly despite doubling parc

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This geographically diverse group comprises Brazil and Mexico in the Americas; South Africa and Nigeria in Africa; Egypt and Turkey in North Africa/Mediterranean; Saudi Arabia and Iran in the Middle East; as well as Thailand and Indonesia in Asia. The OECD represents the developed economies.

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War in Ukraine: We Need to Talk About Fossil Fuels

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For natural gas, it is the world’s second largest producer , behind the United States and ahead of Iran, and its largest exporter. These price increases were driven in part by a drop in wind-generated energy, the leading form of renewable energy on the European continent.

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Study links air pollution and cyclone intensity in Arabian Sea; suggested solutions include diesel filters and two-stroke engines running on LPG fuel

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Historically, prevailing wind shear patterns prohibit cyclones in the Arabian Sea from becoming major storms. The Nature paper suggests that weakening winds have enabled the formation of stronger cyclones in recent years—including storms in 2007 and 2010 that were the first recorded storms to enter the Gulf of Oman.

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Lotfi Zadeh and the Birth of Fuzzy Logic

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He was born in 1921 in Azerbaijan, then part of the Soviet Union, and moved to Iran at age 10. But instead of taking the comfortable route—becoming a professor in Iran—he emigrated to the United States. “I I could have stayed in Iran and become rich, but I felt that I could not do real scientific work there,” he told Spectrum.

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Trump’s Iran Bombing Will Accelerate Global Electrification & Biofuels

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continued] The post Trump’s Iran Bombing Will Accelerate Global Electrification & Biofuels appeared first on CleanTechnica. Within hours of the U.S. and Israeli strikes on key nuclear sites at Natanz, Isfahan, and Fordow, global oil prices surged sharply.

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China installed a record capacity of solar and wind in 2024 – in numbers

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Photo: CGTN China saw monumental solar and wind growth in 2024, according to data released today by its National Energy Administration (NEA). Wind power also saw solid growth, climbing 18% (+80 GW) to almost 521 GW. Wind power also saw solid growth, climbing 18% (+80 GW) to almost 521 GW. Chinas installed capacity shot up by 14.6%

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