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Jordan signs $2B oil shale investment agreement with Saudi company

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The government of Jordan and the Saudi Arabian Corporation for Oil Shale (SACOS) recently signed a $2-billion agreement under which the government grants the Saudi company the right to extract and to develop the oil shale resources in the Attarat Um-AL-Ghudran region covering an area of 11 square kilometers.

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Jordan Increasing Efforts to Produce Oil from Oil Shale

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The Jordan Times. The government of Jordan has concluded negotiations with Shell for the in-situ production of oil from oil shale. Jordan has reserves of some 40 billion tonnes of oil shale in 21 locations near the Yarmouk River, Buweida, Beit Ras, Rweished, Karak, Madaba and Maan districts.

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NuScale Power receives US NRC design approval for small modular reactor

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NuScale continues to maintain strong program momentum toward commercialization of its SMR technology, including supply chain development, standard plant design, planning of plant delivery activities, and startup and commissioning plans. NuScale has signed agreements with entities in the US, Canada, Romania, the Czech Republic, and Jordan.

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BYD launches 4 models in Jordan, its 1st stop in Middle East

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BYD has launched the Dolphin, Tang EV, Atto 3 and Han EV in Jordan, the first stop for the NEV maker to expand into the Middle East market. BYD Feb sales breakdown: Song 52,400 units, Yuan 33,612 units The post BYD launches 4 models in Jordan, its 1st stop in Middle East appeared first on CnEVPost.

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Acetylene as dual fuel with diesel

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This bond stores substantial energy that can be released as heat during combustion; combustion with oxygen achieves a flame temperature of 5,580° F (3,087° C), releasing 1,470 BTUs per cubic foot. Energy doi: 0.1016/j.energy.2011.03.061. Jordan Journal of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. Source: Lakshmanan and G.

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Report finds Coal-to-Liquids and Oil Shale pose significant financial and environmental risks to investors

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An increased focus on energy security and dwindling petroleum reserves are driving development of unconventional liquid fuel sources in the US. Shell’s recent agreement to develop oil shale in Jordan at a projected cost of $20 billion illustrates the potential cost of these projects. Earlier post.).

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Breakthrough on salt-tolerant wheat

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This research is a collaborative project between CSIRO, NSW Department of Primary Industries, University of Adelaide, the Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics and the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology. The results are published in the journal Nature Biotechnology. Matthew Gilliham.

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