Thursday, December 5, 2013

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Ethiopia spearheads green energy in sub-Saharan Africa
AFP - From the sky, the 84 glimmering white turbines at Ashegoda wind farm shoot up from the ground like massive spokes, standing out high amid vast expanses of yellow wheat.
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Shell’s massive Prelude hull world’s biggest-ever floating vessel and first ocean-based LNG plant
Royal Dutch Shell PLC says it has completed building the hull of the world’s largest floating facility, which has been constructed to process natural gas off the coast of western Australia. Financial Post

Is The Oil & Gas Industry Serious About Asset Integrity?
In the wake of the Gulf of Mexico disaster, is BP and the rest of the industry genuine about wanting change?

I firmly believe that the answer is yes, but another more important question remains unanswered. Are they likely to be successful in making that change? I am afraid that the answer to that question is no, not because of a deliberate disregard for integrity, but because of a cultural inability to fully embrace what needs to be done. Oil and Gas IQ

Will Asia Be Looking To US For Natural Gas?
Volumes of natural gas sit beneath U.S. soil, with several Asian countries ready to buy this energy resource. However, the clashing goals of commerce, energy and environmental interests must first be ironed out, experts said at a recent roundtable discussion in Washington. AsianFortuneNews

India: The Emerging Capital Of Global Oil Refining
A lot has changed since the commissioning of India’s first oil refinery in the Assamese city of Digboi in 1901. Oil and Gas IQ

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