Parvin Faghfouri Azar

Membrane Technology could Cut Emissions and Energy Use in Oil Refining

New membrane technology developed by a team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Imperial College London, and ExxonMobil could help reduce carbon emissions and energy intensity associated with refining crude oil. Laboratory testing suggests that this polymer membrane technology could replace some conventional heat-based distillation processes in the …

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Nigeria Reduces Oil Production to 1.4 mb/d

For the first time in many years, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, has confirmed Nigeria’s ability to cut its output from 1.7 million barrels per day, mb/d in May to 1.4mb/d in June 2020. In its July Oil Market Report obtained by Vanguard, OPEC stated that the data …

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Halliburton Is Migrating to Microsoft Azure

Halliburton is one of the world’s largest oil field service companies with operations in more than 70 countries. It helps energy companies to maximize value throughout the lifecycle of the reservoir – from locating hydrocarbons and managing geological data, to drilling and formation evaluation, well construction and completion, and optimizing …

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EU Tells US: Stop Threatening Our Companies with Sanctions

The European Union (EU) is warning United States (US) President Donald Trump’s administration to hold off threatening trade sanctions against EU companies involved in the completion of new German-Russian and Turkish-Russian natural gas pipelines and instead discuss differences as allies. This week, the Trump administration warned companies involved in the …

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EU Condemns US Sanctions Policy

The EU’s diplomatic chief on Friday attacked the US over its use of economic sanctions, after Washington opened the way to measures over Russia’s controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. Josep Borrell, the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs, said Washington’s secondary sanctions on those doing business with its foes …

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