Statoil Petroleum AS, operator of production licence 272, is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat wells 30/11-9 S and 30/11-9 A. The well was drilled about 13 kilometres southeast of the 30/11-8 S discovery and about 35 km ...
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An updated Audi Sport quattro concept will be unveiled at next week’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, suggesting the hybrid sports car is another step closer to becoming a production reality. Barring its new dual laser ...
Rare earthquake lights are more likely to occur on or near rift environments, where subvertical faults allow stress-induced electrical currents to flow rapidly to the surface, according to a new study published in the Jan./Feb. issue of ...
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The Atlas Mountains defy the standard model for mountain structure in which high topography must have deep roots for support, according to a new study from Earth scientists at USC. In a new model, the researchers show that the mountains ...
Global average temperatures will rise at least 4°C by 2100 and potentially more than 8°C by 2200 if carbon dioxide emissions are not reduced according to new research published in Nature. Scientists found global climate is more ...
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Not much on the Moon escapes the eyes of NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, and China's Chang'e-3 lander and Yutu rover are no exception! The pair touched down on the lunar surface on Dec. 14, and just over a week later on Dec. 25 LRO ...
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Reliance Infrastructure Ltd (RInfra) recently commissioned its fifth 400kV double circuit transmission line in Maharashtra through its subsidiary Reliance Power Transmission Ltd (RPTL). The 311-km Pune-Parli line that will connect key ...
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Techno Electric & Engineering Company Ltd has bagged a concession from PFC Consulting Ltd for building a transmission network at Patran, Punjab. The concession has been awarded on Build, Own, Operate and Maintain (BOOM) basis for a period ...
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On December 30, China's Ministry of Transportation announced that the total length of China's railway network has reached 100,000 km, with new railway lines totaling 2,000 km entering service on December 28. The railway lines in question ...
JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation (President: Shigeo Hirai, "JX Nippon") is pleased to announce that through Greenland Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd. ("GreenPeX"), it was successful in the 2012/2013 Licensing Round in Greenland ...
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Rosneft began handling and installing oversize equipment at its Kuibyshev, Syzran, Achinsk, Komsomolsk and Angarsk refineries in early December, following the unique transport operations, one of which was noted in the Russian and European ...
Tags: gas oil hydrofining units, organic admixtures, vacuum gas oil
SIBUR and Gazprom Neft have signed an agreement for construction of a new gas processing plant (GPP) with an annual associated petroleum gas (APG) processing capacity of 900 million cubic metres on the basis of existing Yuzhno-Priobskaya ...
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After five years of construction, B.C.'s South Fraser Perimeter Road was opened to traffic in December, providing better access to Vancouver ports and helping de-congest the region's roads. "The SFPR will provide an efficient and ...
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Its’ reported that the Japanese largest stainless producer Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless (NSSC) said that it has won an order from Kuwait’s Ministry of Electricity & Water to supply around 4,300 tons of ASTM S32304 and S31803 ...
Australia-based Guildford Coal Limited announced that it has concluded negotiations with Noble Resources International Pte. Ltd. regarding the funding of $22 million for the company's first coking coal sale from its Baruun Noyon Uul (BNU) ...