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Oil Companies Look to Lessen Footprint

International oil and gas firms, while going totally green, are looking to lessen the impact that their work makes on the environment. Coinciding with Paris Climate Week 2015, the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI), whose members include BG Group, BP, ENI, Pemex, Saudi Aramco, Shell, Sinopec, and Total, held its first high-level multi-stakeholder workshop […]

June 1, 2015 Read More

Solar Aircraft Leaves on Most Arduous Part of Journey

Solar Impulse 2, or Si2, is set for another aviation milestone, the world’s first solar-powered aircraft to attempt to circumnavigate the globe, departed from Nanjing, China on May 30 to travel the 8,172 km, six consecutive day and night flight that will take it over the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii. This leg of the journey […]

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Premier Exits Kenyan Block

Tower Resources has received formal notification from Lion Petroleum, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Taipan Resources that their partner on Kenya’s Block 2B Premier Oil has decided to exit the JV. Premier’s exit was effective April 30. Accordingly, Lion and Tower’s working interests in the block will be adjusted on a pro-rata basis (Lion 66.66%, Tower […]

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