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KazMunayGas and Linde sign MOU for blue/green hydrogen and ammonia projects in Kazakhstan

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KazMunayGas, the state-owned oil and gas company of Kazakhstan, and the technology company Linde have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate and develop jointly clean energy projects in Kazakhstan.

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Chevron approves next major Tengiz expansion project in Kazakhstan

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Chevron Corporation announced that its 50% owned affiliate, Tengizchevroil (TCO), will proceed with the development of its Future Growth and Wellhead Pressure Management Project (FGP-WPMP), which will increase crude oil production at the Tengiz oil field in Kazakhstan by about 260,000 barrels per day. billion, which includes $27.1

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ADB approves $240M to help Kazakhstan modernize transport, improve connectivity

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million loan to help Kazakhstan modernize its transport system. Improved transport connectivity will help increase trade links between Kazakhstan and the markets in East Asia, the Caspian Sea region, and further to Europe. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $240.3-million

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CompactGTL announces 3,000 bpd commercial small-scale GTL project in Kazakhstan

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CompactGTL will build a commercially deployed small-scale gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant in Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan offers considerable potential for CompactGTL’s proven small-scale GTL technology, the company said. Kazakhstan offers considerable potential for CompactGTL’s proven small-scale GTL technology, the company said.

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BYD and UzAuto to form NEV production JV in Uzbekistan

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In addition to the 95% share in the domestic market, in 2020, UzAuto achieved the number one sales volume for two consecutive years with overseas production in Kazakhstan. The company cooperates with global OEMs such as General Motors, Sinotruck, MAN, and Isuzu.

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Alstom, Transmashholding and Kazakh Railways (KTZ) to Create Joint Company to Manufacture Electric Locomotives in Kazakhstan

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Alstom, Transmashholding and Kazakh Railways (KTZ) have signed an agreement for the creation of a joint venture company to produce electric locomotives in Kazakhstan. It follows the signature on 3 June in Almaty (Kazakhstan) of a Memorandum on mutual cooperation. The production of components will gradually be delocalized to Kazakhstan.

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Foster Wheeler awarded contract for hydrogen production unit in Kazakhstan for major refinery modernization

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A subsidiary of Foster Wheeler AG’s Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract for the basic engineering design of a new hydrogen production unit, based on Foster Wheeler Terrace Wall steam reforming technology, to be built at the Atyrau Refinery in Kazakhstan.

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EIA forecasts growing liquid fuels production in Brazil, Canada, and China through 2023

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The remaining key sources of forecast non-OPEC production growth come from Norway, Argentina, Kazakhstan, Oman, and Guyana. US refinery utilization averages 94% in 3Q22 in the forecast, as a result of high wholesale product margins.

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Caspian pipeline consortium marks the groundbreaking for $5.4B expansion

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The capacity of the 900-mile (1,500-km) pipeline, which carries crude oil from western Kazakhstan to a dedicated terminal in the Black Sea, will increase to 1.4 Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazmunaigas represents the shares of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Kazakhstan Pipeline Ventures): 19%. LUKARCO B.V.:

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EIA ups total shale oil resource estimate by 13% to 419B barrels, shale gas by 4% to 7576 Tcf

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The addition of four countries—Chad, Kazakhstan, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)—to a previous assessment covering 42 countries has resulted in a 13% increase in the global assessed total resource estimate for shale oil and a 4% increase for shale gas. Kazakhstan’s oil production increased by 24% to 1.7

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Tesla opens longest Supercharger route from east to west along China’s historic Silk Road

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It forged trade networks in Central Asian countries, including Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgzstan, along with modern-day India and Pakistan. mile Supercharger route runs along China’s historic Silk Road from Zhoushan to Horgos. The historic Silk Road rose during China’s Han Dynasty (206 BCE – 22CE).

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GECF: more than a quarter of 2050 natural gas supply untapped

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The Gas Exporting Countries Forum is an international governmental organization of 20 Member Countries—Algeria, Bolivia, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Iran, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Russia, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Angola, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Norway, Oman, Peru, and the United Arab Emirates—which jointly control 71% (..)

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Elon Musk has provided 12,000 Starlink dishes to Ukraine

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The 1994 agreement ensured that the sovereignty and national borders of Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan would be respected. The Russian president most likely made the assumption when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hinted that he would withdraw from the 1994 Budapest Memorandum. Ukraine destroyed the rest of the weapons.

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NASA says “nothing has changed” as US astronaut prepares to ride Russian spacecraft

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with cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Petr Dubrov, ultimately touching down in Kazakhstan. Once on the ground in Kazakhstan, Vande Hei will be met by a team of NASA personnel tasked with bringing the astronaut back to Houston, Texas. Vande Hei is scheduled to depart from the ISS later this month aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft ??with

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ofo and SoftBank enter basic agreement to collaborate on bike-sharing in Japan

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Ofo currently serves markets in China, Singapore, the UK and Kazakhstan; service in some US cities begins this year. I envision great synergy between us and SoftBank C&S and I have confidence that this partnership will pave the way for ofo’s business growth and transformation, enabling us to better cater to our users’ needs in Japan.

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Volkswagen Group’s Škoda to unveil 500 km Vision E electric concept at Shanghai show; leveraging MEB for electromobility

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Škoda operates at three locations in the Czech Republic, produces in China, Russia, Slovakia and India mainly through Group partnerships, as well as in Ukraine and Kazakhstan through local partners. Škoda, in association with the Group, independently manufactures and develops vehicles, as well as components, engines and gear transmissions.

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Russia’s KAMAZ to create artificial city as autonomous driving testing ground

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It has assemblers in Vietnam, Iran, India, Kazakhstan, and Pakistan. It includes more than 150 organizations located in Russia, the CIS and abroad, including 12 major automotive manufacturing plants. Its total number of employees exceeds 59,000.

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Declining Aral Sea

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By the end of the 1980s, it had split into the Small Aral Sea (north), located in Kazakhstan, and the horse-shoe shaped Large Aral Sea (south), shared by Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. The whitish area is white salt terrain (the Aral Karakum desert) left behind by the evaporation of the Aral Sea. Source: ESA Click to see animation.

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Toyota Europe Q1 hybrid sales up 82.3% for 20% of total sales; Auris Hybrid the leader

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First quarter Lexus sales reached a record high of 3,700 units in Eastern Europe consisting of the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Caucasus. Both models performed strongly across markets in Europe.

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Tesla Model 3, Model X are Google’s Most Searched for EVs globally

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The Model X claimed notable areas like Elon Musk’s home country of South Africa and other regions like Egypt, Kazakhstan, Guyana, and Nambia. The closest competitor was the Nissan Leaf, with only 8 total countries claiming it to be the most popular search. Why the Model X is so popular in these regions specifically is unknown.

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Eni reports first oil from giant Kashagan field in North Caspian Sea

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The oilfield is located in the North Caspian Sea, approximately 80 kilometers (50 miles) southeast of Atyrau, in Kazakhstan. Eni announced that first oil from the giant Kashagan oil field has been produced. Map of the field.

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Toyota Motor Europe hybrid sales up 38% in first quarter; 30% hybrid mix

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Sales in the rest of TME’s Europe region (including Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Caucasus, Turkey and Israel) were stable at -0.8% Total TME sales for the first quarter of 2016 were 241,600 Toyota and Lexus vehicles, an increase of 5.1% Total market share for the group stood at 4.8%. TME’s sales in the EU+EFTA region grew by 6.8%

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GE, Rosneft to pursue opportunities in Russia’s oil and gas industry, including Arctic offshore

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In addition, the Company participates in several exploration projects in Kazakhstan and Algeria. Rosneft is widely engaged in exploration and production across all key hydrocarbon regions of Russia: Western Siberia, Southern and Central Russia, Timan-Pechora, Eastern Siberia and the Far East.

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Mercedes-Benz launching round-the-world fuel cell car drive

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From China they will then pass through Kazakhstan, Russia and finally northern Europe, until the tour will return to Stuttgart at the beginning of June, where the 125-day round-the-world tour will come to an end. After crossing Australia the cars will reach the continent of Asia.

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Groundbreaking in Turkmenistan for major synthetic gasoline plant; first full-scale Haldor Topsøe TIGAS facility

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Turkmenistan is one of the six independent Turkic states and is bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the northeast and east, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest, and the Caspian Sea to the west. —Bjerne S. Clausen, Chief Executive Officer and President at Haldor Topsøe A/S.

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Russia to cut export duty on ultra-heavy oil to stimulate production

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Kazakhstan and Russia have the largest amounts of bitumen after. Natural bitumen is oil having a viscosity greater than 10,000 cP. The USGS has estimated that Rusia has some 182 billion barrels of heavy oil (original oil in place, OOIP), and 347 billion barrels of bitumen. billion barrels of technically recoverable heavy oil and 33.7

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ExxonMobil plans five-year investment of $185B to develop new energy supplies; 21 major oil and gas projects to begin production between 2012 and 2014

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Nine major upstream projects are expected to start-up in the next two years including four in West Africa, Kashagan Phase 1 in Kazakhstan and the Kearl Oil Sands project in Canada. It was the 18 th consecutive year the company replaced more than 100% of its production, with proved reserve additions of 1.8 billion oil-equivalent barrels.

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Geological Society of London: future supply of rare earth elements could be disrupted by technical, environmental and financial factors

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A June 2010 study by the European Union identified the REE as among the 14 mineral commodities most critical to the EU economy, but most deposits are located outside of Europe, with the majority found in China, the CIS (Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan), the USA and Australia.

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US, China, and G-20 agree to work to global phase down of HFCs

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This was agreed by: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey,the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union, as well as Ethiopia, Spain, Senegal, Brunei, Kazakhstan, and Singapore.

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4,500th GE Evolution Series Locomotive enters service; reductions in fuel consumption and emissions

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The Evolution Series Locomotives operate in key rail markets worldwide, including in the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Egypt, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, and Australia. By the end of 2011, GE Transportation will have invested approximately $600 million over the past two years.

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Repsol and Alliance Oil to form an exploration and production JV in Russia

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Alliance Oil Company Ltd is a leading independent oil company with vertically integrated operations in Russia and Kazakhstan. Spain-based Repsol is one of the world’s ten largest privately-owned integrated oil and gas companies, with activities in more than 30 countries; its oil and gas production is around a million barrels per day.

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Toyota hybrid sales in Europe up 17% in 2015, representing 24% of total TME sales

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A decline in sales in Eastern Europe (Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and the Caucasus region) in line with the very strong market decline (-36%). TME said that its overall sales results reflected two trends last year: Sustained growth in Western Europe (+7%) and Central Europe (+18%). Earlier post.).

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Sonangol, Maersk Oil and partners strike oil with their first deepwater pre-salt well offshore Angola

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Maersk Oil is an international oil and gas company with operated production of about 650,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day offshore Denmark, UK and Qatar, as well as onshore Kazakhstan and Algeria. Exploration activities are ongoing in Angola, Brazil, Norway, the US Gulf of Mexico, Greenland and in producing countries.

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GE and Shenhua open coal gasification joint venture in China

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The region’s coal industry comprises China, India, Australia, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Thailand, Vietnam and New Zealand. The new report states that China is Asia’s main coal-producing force, not only being the largest coal-producing country in the Asia-Pacific region, but also the largest in the world.

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Oil Drum Licenses On-Board Hydrogen Generator for Baltic States

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Tomas Balnys, director of UAB Hydro2, said that the company was also looking at expanding its distribution facility to enable it to supply the devices to another potential licensee whose territories include the Ukraine and Kazakhstan. It is also developing an opportunity in Russia.

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Canadian Pacific Selects GE Transportation’s Trip Optimizer; Locomotive Fuel Savings of 6-10% in Testing

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More than 3200 Evolution locomotives are currently operating in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, China, Mongolia, Australia, Kazakhstan and Egypt, and approximately 17,000 GE locomotives are in use in more than 50 countries around the world.

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GE Transportation Unveils New Evolution Series Locomotive; 17% Reduction in Fuel Consumption, 70% Reduction in Emissions

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Evolution Series Locomotives currently are operating in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, China, Mongolia, Australia, Kazakhstan and Egypt. GE Transportation recently celebrated the delivery of its 3,000 th Evolution Locomotive. Approximately 17,000 GE locomotives are in use in more than 50 countries around the world.

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Crypto’s Slow Motion Gold Rush

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Given that time is of the essence, many Chinese miners have hopped across the border to Russia or Kazakhstan, says Hileman, but North America has also seen a large influx. "Many in the industry are expecting this process to play out over a 12 or 18 month period."

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Chevron announces $32.7B capital and exploratory budget for 2012; LNG and deepwater investments propel a step change

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Kazakhstan/Russia: Caspian Pipeline expansion. China: development of the Chuandongbei natural gas project. Brazil: development of the Papa-Terra deepwater field. Canada: Hebron offshore development. United Kingdom: development of the offshore Clair Ridge project. Global exploration funding is expected to be $3 billion in 2012.

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Fuel cell car world challenge arrives back in Europe

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The Mercerdes-Benz F-Cell World Drive is now closer to home as it cross the Ural Mountains in Kazakhstan and arrives back in Europe. The round the world driving challenge has seen three of Mercedes’ B-Class F-CELL vehicles set off to travel round the globe to prove the real world driving capabilities of their hydrogen fuel [.].

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GE’s Evolution Series Locomotive Delivers 6% Fuel Advantage Over Competitor

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GE Transportation has delivered more than 3,200 Evolution Series locomotives to its railway customers operating in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, China, Australia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Egypt. Approximately 17,000 GE locomotives, including the Evolution Series Locomotives, are in use in more than 50 countries around the world.

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JPL study finds Earths largest lakes warming due to climate change

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slightly weaker in southeastern Europe, around the Black and Caspian seas and Kazakhstan. Satellite lake data were collected from the point farthest from any shoreline. The largest and most consistent area of warming was northern Europe. The warming trend was. trends increased slightly farther east in Siberia, Mongolia and northern China.

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Opinion: Uranium Prices Set To Double By 2018

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57 million pounds of uranium imports last year came from Canada and Kazakhstan, with Canada providing 17 million pounds—these producers are extremely well-positioned for what comes next. If your going to look for the world’s next uranium mine, the Athabasca Basin is the place to do so. Considering that nearly half of the U.S.’

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