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U.S. Power Grid Faces Reliability Challenges as Aging Infrastructure Rises
WASHINGTON, July 8 — The United States electricity grid is a sprawling, aging machine, and the numbers tell…
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The Strait of Hormuz Calculus Tests Global Energy Security
MANAMA, July 8 — The United States Fifth Fleet, the Navy’s primary combat force across the Persian Gulf…
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Ukraine tanker strikes risk catastrophic Black Sea oil spill
ROME, July 8 — The Black Sea is becoming an environmental casualty of war, and the mechanics here…
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G7 Oil Price Cap: Origins, Enforcement, and Revenue Impact
LONDON, July 8 — The G7 price cap on Russian crude oil, introduced on December 5, 2022, was…
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Treaty of Tordesillas split world between Spain and Portugal
LISBON, July 8 — A treaty signed 532 years ago this week continues to shape the political map…
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Charles Babbage And Ada Lovelace Designed First Computer
LONDON, July 8 — The mechanics of modern computing, the machine you are reading this on, trace back…
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Christopher Columbus’s 1492 voyage opened Americas to Europe
GENOA, July 8 — Five centuries after his death, the mechanics of Christopher Columbus’s enterprise still reward scrutiny.…
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Edward Jenner Pioneered Smallpox Vaccine, Launched Modern Immunology
LONDON, July 8 — The mechanics of immunity were a mystery in 1796, but Edward Jenner saw a…
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Omsk Oil Refinery Fuels Russia’s War Machine as Key Hub
OMSK, July 7 — The Omsk Oil Refinery, a facility that converts roughly 21 million tons of crude…
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Economic Impact of Strikes on Russian Oil Refineries
MOSCOW, July 7 — The mechanics here are brutal in their simplicity: Ukrainian drone strikes hit Russian oil…
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Gazprom Neft: The State-Owned Giant Behind Russia’s Largest Refinery
SAINT PETERSBURG, July 7 — Gazprom Neft, Russia’s third-largest oil producer and a subsidiary of the state-controlled gas…
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Omsk Oil Refinery: Russia’s largest, most critical fuel producer
OMSK, July 7 — The Omsk Oil Refinery, Russia’s largest by crude oil processing capacity, remains a critical…
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Historical Precedent: Satellite Re-Entries Evolve Disposal Practices
CAPE CANAVERAL, July 7 — SpaceX has deorbited 260 Starlink satellites in the past six months, a pace…
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Ukrainian Drones Strike Gazprom Neft CEO’s Siberian Refinery
LONDON, July 7 — Alexander Dyukov, the chief executive of Gazprom Neft, has spent more than a decade…
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Russia’s Largest Oil Refinery in Omsk Faces Strategic Pressure
OMSK, July 7 — The Omsk Oil Refinery, Russia’s largest by processing capacity and owned by Gazprom Neft…
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Omsk Refinery: Russia’s Largest Oil Hub Faces Strategic Challenges
OMSK — A drone strike on May 9, 2024, that ignited a processing unit at the Omsk Refinery…
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Record $1.1 Trillion Global Clean Energy Investment in 2022
LONDON, July 7 — The numbers are staggering, and the mechanism behind them is worth dissecting. Global investment…
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Diesel Faces Future Challenges from EVs and Stricter Rules
ROME, July 6 — The mechanics here are straightforward: what burns in a cylinder comes out a tailpipe.…
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Rudolf Diesel’s 1892 Patent Revolutionized Engineering
AUGSBURG, July 6 — The diesel engine turned over a century old this week, and the mechanics of…
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Founding contradictions and historical stakes of 1776 examined
LONDON, July 4 — Against this backdrop of America’s 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, a webinar…
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Three Children Killed in Geneva Lake Boat Accident Despite Wearing Life Jackets
GENEVA LAKE, Wis. — The storm hit just after noon on July 3. Ten people were on the…
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Ukrainian Strikes Take One-Third of Russian Refining Capacity Offline
One-third of Russia’s refining capacity is offline. That is the estimate from Chris Weafer, CEO of the consultancy…
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Greek officials assess damage after shallow 5.2 quake near Karpathos
KARPATHOS, Greece — The shaking was shallow. That is the problem. When the U.S. Geological Survey logged a…
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Canada Clears Major Gold Project for Next Regulatory Review Phase
VANCOUVER, June 30 — First Mining Gold Corp. has received federal environmental assessment approval for its Springpole Gold…
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