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FPSO vessel for the bp-operated Greater Tortue Ahmeyim project successfully sets sail for project site

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The floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for the bp-operated Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) liquefied natural gas (LNG) project has started its journey towards the project site off the coasts of Mauritania and Senegal in West Africa. It is the deepest offshore project in Africa to date. million meters of cable.

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UTM Offshore signs FEED agreement for Nigeria’s first floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility

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UTM Offshore signed an agreement for the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) for Nigeria’s first Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) facility with engineering firms KBR, JGC Corporation and Technip Energies. The FLNG facility will have a Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) nameplate production capacity of 1.2

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BHP offboards its petroleum business in merger with Woodside; focus on “future-facing commodities”

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The all-stock merger will create a global top 10 independent energy company by production, and will also allow BHP to focus more intently on “future-facing commodities” that are most positively leveraged towards population growth, rising living standards, electrification and decarbonization, the company said.

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IISD Releases Five-Part Series of Reports on Removing Fossil Fuel Subsidies

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The authors note that the US is an important test case for the idea that price-gap evaluations alone are not sufficient to capture the many ways that fossil energy is subsidized. Some data exist on most types of fossil fuel subsidies. The full report will also cover Nigeria and Indonesia and will be released later in 2010.

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Extreme E Ocean X Prix

My Energi

myenergi set to bring a spark to Senegal for Ocean X Prix. With just 10 days to go until the Extreme E Ocean X Prix, myenergi, pioneer of the world’s first eco-smart EV charging device , is set to electrify the grid and bring a spark to proceedings in Senegal. Next Event Race 002, Lac Rose, Dakar, Senegal 29th-30th may 2021.

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Gravita India largest battery recycling firm enters into EV recycling business

Electric Vehicles India

According to the International Energy Agency, 100-120 GWh of electric vehicle batteries will be retired by 2030, a volume roughly equivalent to current annual battery production. Gravita targets a supply of approx. 8000 MT of Lead to Amara Raja under the said contract which will help the company to strengthen its top line in FY 2018?19

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Auto Racing Test Drives Its Own EV Future

Cars That Think

Its own stepchild, the inaugural Extreme E series, is staging electric off-road battles in such exotic locales as Greenland, Senegal, and Sardinia, with five teams led by racing superstars including Chip Ganassi , Nico Rosberg and Michael Andretti. Enough energy, in fact, to carry 220 fewer kilograms of battery.

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