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The Iberian green industrial opportunity: Carbon capture and storage

McKinsey

Spain has transposed the European Carbon Capture and Storage Directive under Law 40/2010, but has yet to include a clear permitting process. 22 “Law 40/2010, of December 29, on geological storage of carbon dioxide,” Official State Gazette, Spain, December 31, 2010. 26 “Underground storage facilities,” Enagas, June 2022.

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Permian People: Movers and Shakers

Permian Basin Oil and Gas Magazine

He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Texas Tech University. Since 2010, Thygerson has been the faculty advisor for the flourishing ASSP Student Section at Brigham Young. ASSP stated that Thygerson, a Ph.D., Joshua West, Ph.D.,

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Oil firms brace for impact as Brazil revamps tax benchmark

Oil & Gas 360º

The new mechanism could result in a royalty revenue boost of some $181 million, Reuters reported , citing the country’s energy minister, Alexandre Silveira. The fund, created in 2010 to collect royalties from oil, has accumulated some $3.5 The new rules will take effect from September, affecting royalty distribution in November.

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Trump’s flip-flop on emergency oil reserves has its merits: Bousso

Oil & Gas 360º

But it contained only 403 million barrels of crude oil as of July 4, according to government data, which is far below the record level of 727 million barrels reached in 2010. The American SPR is the world’s largest emergency oil storage, able to hold 714 million barrels, or the equivalent of 35 days of U.S. oil consumption, when full.

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Colombia’s GeoPark appoints Felipe Bayon as its new CEO

Oil & Gas 360º

Mr. Bayon is a mechanical engineer who began his career in 1991 with Shell in field operations and projects and then moved to bp where he worked for 21 years in increasingly important operational and management roles in Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, the U.S. in partnership with Oxy a project that grew from 0 to ca. and the U.K.,

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Green Mortgages: Here’s What You Need to Know

Energy Refuge

The majority of the population cannot afford housing without the help of financial mechanisms. This scheme was halted in 2010 because it was deemed too risky. The evolution of the industry has seen a commensurate rise in the cost of home ownership. This need led to the birth of the mortgage. Conclusion.

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Offshore Companies Face Surge in BSEE Enforcement Actions and Penalties

The Energy Law

BSEE collected civil penalties in 22 cases in 2009, 26 cases in 2010, 30 cases in 2011, 31 cases in 2012, 42 cases in 2013, 53 cases in 2014, and 42 cases in 2015. Since 2010, the agency has collected over $19.5 The number of civil penalty cases has risen gradually since 2009, with a sharp increase over 2013-2015. 7 (2016). [1]