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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 and Shell To Proceed With Oil Shale Development

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Jordan Times. Jordan and Shell are signing an agreement to further the development and potential commercialization of the country’s oil shale resources. The agreement outlines a three-stage process leading to a commercialization decision in about 10 years. The first stage includes exploration and research operations.

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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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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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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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Estonian shale oil company acquires shale interests in Utah

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Similar to its approach in Jordan ( earlier post ), the US project will not be funded by regulated businesses and Enefit would look to acquire a strategic partner in the development phase. Enefit has more than 30 years of ongoing operational experience in the commercial production of shale oil, with facilities located in Narva, Estonia.

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The Coming Quantum Boom: A New Industry a Century in the Making

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And then there are the quantum sensors based on defects in diamonds that Quantum Catalyzer is trying to commercialize. That Paris event made me realize that quantum engineering has evolved very differently from, say, nanotechnology.