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Shell completes acquisition of Repsol S.A. LNG portfolio

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As part of the transaction, Shell will also assume $1.6 The company’s already diverse and flexible portfolio will be boosted with LNG supply in the Atlantic from Trinidad & Tobago, and in the Pacific from Peru. These are expected to lead to a net cash purchase price of $3.8 Peru LNG 4.45 billion, compared to $1.8

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Street network patterns reveal global trend towards increasing urban sprawl

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The result of a 7-year collaboration, the study was able to show that in large parts of the world, recent urban growth has increasingly resulted in inflexible and disconnected street networks. Gridded street networks, on the other hand, promote efficient, dense urban form in Bolivia, Argentina and Peru.

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IHS Automotive forecasts 88.6M unit global light vehicle market in 2015; 2.4% growth

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The campaign is expected to have a long-lasting effect on premium parts/vehicle prices in China. Coupled with this, the momentum could lead to downward adjustment in premium pricing, which helps provide solid foundation for premium vehicle penetration to further increase in China in the next decade. North America.

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Ricardo study predicts that BRIC automotive markets will be eclipsed by the “Rising-15”

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Ricardo’s Rising-15 automotive markets include: Argentina; Egypt; Indonesia; Iran; Malaysia; Mexico; Morocco; Nigeria; Peru; the Philippines; South Africa; Thailand; Turkey; Ukraine; and Vietnam. Nissan introducing new Datsun in Indonesia.

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UOP looking to biomass catalytic pyrolysis to expand volumes of renewable hydrocarbon fuels

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Under the current set of prices and slate of feedstocks available, you can produce Green Diesel fuels from renewable fats and greases at a price competitive with petroleum diesel—provided you get feedstock at the price needed. Really the question is can the feedstocks be procured at a price competitive to petroleum oil.

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