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Maersk Drilling awarded contract extension to drill world record well in Angola; 2.25-mile water depth

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The Ondjaba-1 well will be drilled at a new world record water depth of 3,628 m (2.25 The current world record is 3,400 m, set by Maersk Voyager’s sister drillship Maersk Venturer when it drilled the Raya-1 well for TotalEnergies offshore Uruguay in 2016. meters high and wind speeds of up to 26 meters per second (58 mph).

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HIF Global, Porsche and Volkswagen Group unveil new direct air capture unit to be installed at eFuels plant in Chile in 2024

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The Haru Oni facility is currently operating with biogenic CO 2 and hydrogen produced with the strong winds of the Magallanes region. Water, a potential by-product, is drained off. This is the case when it is manufactured from wind energy, renewable generated CO 2 and hydrogen extracted from water.

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