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Samuel Andrews
(1836–1904) was an English-born
chemist
and
inventor
whose request for
investment
capital
to build an
oil refinery
in
1862
led to a partnership with
John D. Rockefeller
and the formation of the
Standard Oil
companies?
Golar Spirit
(pictured) is the world's first floating storage and regasification vessel converted from a
LNG carrier
?
The
Rockies Express Pipeline
, currently under construction, will be one of the largest
natural gas pipelines
ever built in
North America
?
Syncrude Canada Ltd.
is the world's largest producer of
synthetic crude
oil from
oil sands
?
During
World War II
,
Australia
produced almost 500,000 barrels of
shale oil
by operating the
Nevada–Texas–Utah type of oil-shale retorts
?
The
Sangtuda 1 Hydroelectric Power Plant
is expected to provide up to 12% of the total energy output of
Tajikistan
?
Gober gas
is a
biogas
generated out of cow dung?
The scientific-technical journal
Oil Shale
is the only journal in the world that focuses on
oil shale
as a main subject?
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