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Iran, Iraq, Syria sign $10B gas pipeline deal

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Iran, Iraq, and Syria have signed a deal for the construction of the Middle East’s largest gas pipeline, which would carry gas from Iran’s South Pars gas field to Europe via Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon and beneath the Mediterranean Sea. Iraq has said that it needs 10 to 15 million cubic meters of Iranian gas per day.

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Honeywell UOP technology selected for new 300K bpd oil refinery in Iraq

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The Iraq State Company for Oil Projects (SCOP), under the Ministry of Oil for Iraq, has selected Honeywell’s UOP to provide key technologies to process 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) of domestic crude oil into gasoline and diesel fuel at a new refinery in Nassiriya, Iraq. Refining capacity in Iraq is expected to reach 1.6

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Why Buy Electric Cars? Iraq Vet Says: For National Security

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But not all of them have served three tours of military duty, including service in Iraq and Afghanistan. Most Nissan Leaf owners are passionate about their electric cars, especially the earliest ones who've already taken delivery. Tim Goodrich was posted to Afghanistan as an avionics technician, supporting the AWACS planes that feed aerial.

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LiquidPiston receives $8.2M award to integrate XTS-210 heavy-fueled rotary engine into compact 10 kW genset for US Army

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The authors demonstrated the methodology based on historical data from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. For Iraq, the fuel casualty factor was 0.026. Casualties calculated include Army soldiers and civilians killed or wounded while transporting fuel or drinking water to consuming units and forward operating bases in theater.

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Why North Dakota Is Like Iran, Iraq, Nigeria & Russia: Wasted Natural Gas

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If North Dakota were a country, it would rank fifth behind Russia, Nigeria, Iran, and Iraq on the list of worst natural-gas wasters, according to the World Bank. What does North Dakota have in common with Iran?

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IEA says oil supplies may not keep up with demand

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Instead, much of the world’s hopes are pinned disproportionately on Iraq. A year ago, after the IEA released its 2013 WEO, I wrote about how the IEA was placing a surprising amount of faith in the ability of Iraq to scale up its oil production. Since then, Iraq has been plunged back into a state of war. million bpd by 2035.

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EIA: At least 9 new refinery projects to come online before end of 2023 in Asia and Middle East; 2.9 MMb/d

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A new 140,000 b/d refinery is scheduled to come online in Karbala, Iraq, this September, targeting fully operational status by 2023. More recently, the 615,000 b/d Al Zour refinery in Kuwait—the largest in the country when it becomes fully operational—began initial operations earlier this year.

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