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Eni signs agreement for the acquisition of a new ultra-deepwater exploration block offshore Pakistan

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The block, which is approximately 7,500 square kilometers, is located in ultra deep water of an under-explored and promising area offshore Pakistan, Eni says. Oil and gas blocks offshore Pakistan. Source: Pakistan Petroleum Information Service.

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Halophytes potential feedstock for cellulosic ethanol in Pakistan

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Halophytic perennial grasses that thrive in saline areas could serve as a viable source for ligno-cellulosic feedstock for cellulosic ethanol as well and help reclaim vast stretches of unproductive land in Pakistan, according to a new study published in the Journal of Biomass and Bioenergy. —Abideen et al.

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Report Finds Water Stress Rapidly Becoming Key Strategic Risk to Commerce; Impending Water/Energy Collision

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Water consumption or withdrawals per unit of energy produced, by energy type, in the United States. With increasing frequency ,” write the Pacific Institute researchers, “ we value energy production over water production. ”. by Jack Rosebro. Source: DHI Group. Click to enlarge. Climate change.

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U.K. Startup’s Digital Dyeing Printers Save Energy, Water

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Miles of fabrics are immersed in gigantic “washing machines” full of dye and water. Alchemie’s machines dye cotton using 95 percent less water and 70 percent less energy. They dye polyester using 95 percent less water and 85 percent less energy. They dye polyester using 95 percent less water and 85 percent less energy.

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Is It Safe to Travel to the Bahamas? Here’s What You Need to Know.

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Drawn by clear turquoise waters and miles of white-sand beaches, around seven million travelers visit the Bahamas each year, but a new warning about increased violence on the island nation has raised alarm over the safety of visiting there. 24, the U.S. Embassy in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, issued a security alert advising U.S.

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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

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On a visit to Pakistan with his parents, 7-year-old Aadeel Akhtar met a girl his age who was missing her right leg. The Ability Hand is also water-resistant, Akhtar says. That was the first time he had met a person with a limb difference. From that encounter, Akhtar decided that one day he would develop affordable artificial limbs.

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Inventor of AT&T’s Datakit, the First Virtual Connection Switch, Dies at 85

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After that, Hepburn continued to work on international projects in countries including Indonesia, Nepal, and Pakistan. In 1969 he was tasked with helping to build transmission lines in Bangladesh that connected the country’s eastern and western electrical grids. He and his family lived there for two years.

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