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Rosneft touts major light oil find from “northernmost well in the world” in the Arctic

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Rosneft announced a major oil discovery at the East-Prinovozemelskiy-1 license area in the Kara Sea, following the successful completion of the drilling of the northernmost well in the world—the Universitetskaya-1 well. I can inform you about the discovery of the first oil/gas-condensate field in the new Kara sea oil province.

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EIA: light duty vehicle energy consumption to drop 25% by 2040; increased oil production, vehicle efficiency reduce US oil and liquid imports

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Personal air travel (billion seat-miles) grows by an average of 0.7% Domestic crude oil production increases sharply in the AEO2014 Reference case, with annual growth averaging 0.8 Pipeline exports of natural gas to Mexico grow by 6% per year, from 0.6 With domestic crude oil production rising to 9.5 Tcf in 2012 to 3.1

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Stellantis and LG Energy Solution to form JV for Li-ion battery production in N America; 40 GWh plant

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The batteries produced at the new facility will be supplied to Stellantis assembly plants throughout the US, Canada and Mexico for installation in next-generation electric vehicles ranging from plug-in hybrids to full battery electric vehicles that will be sold under the Stellantis family of brands.

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GM introducing US/Canada version of 2013 Chevrolet Spark at LA Auto Show

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2L features technologies such as dual continuous variable cam phasing, electronically controlled thermostat and low-friction engine oil. The original version of the Spark is already on sale in Europe, Asia, Australia, Mexico and South America. In the United States and Canada, the Spark will be powered by a 1.2L lb-ft (111 N·m).

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Amazon’s Acquisition of iRobot Falls Through

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iRobot’s robots crucially enabled the cold shutdown of the reactors at Fukushima, found the underwater pools of oil in the aftermath of the deep horizon oil rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. And that’s what I personally find so worrying about all of this.

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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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The outlook is developed by examining energy supply and demand trends in 100 countries, 15 demand sectors covering all manner of personal and business needs and 20 different energy types. The Outlook for Energy identifies a significant evolution in the trade of oil and other liquids. The OECD represents the developed economies.

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EIA projects decline in transportation sector energy consumption through 2037 despite increase in VMT, followed by increase

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Air travel grows 77% from 990 billion revenue passenger miles to 1,753 billion revenue passenger miles between 2018 and 2050 in the Reference case because of increased demand for global connectivity and rising personal incomes. The United States will continue to see record high levels of oil and natural gas production. Other findings.