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September 27, 2016

Frack Sand: The Unsung Hero Of The OPEC Oil War
London, UK (SPX) Sep 26, 2016
The late-2014, Saudi-initiated oil-price war may have taken the 'boom' out of the US shale industry as it seriously threatened OPEC market share, but Saudi victory has been elusive: US shale has proven amazingly resilient. The industry has adapted quickly to the new playing field, and the unsung hero of a new uptick in drilling and investment isn't just true grit-it's sand. The Saudi victory is equally dulled by the fact that it was not a decline in US shale production that rebalanced supply and d ... read more

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Transition from Operations to Decommissioning by Preparing a Safe, Cost-Effective Shut Down and Waste Management Strategy

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2nd Integrated Air and Missile Defense - Securing the Complex Air Domain: Requirements for Sustainable, Global, and Reliable Solutions to Next Generation Air & Missile Threats - 28-30 September, 2016 | Washington D.C.

6th Annual Modular Construction Summit for Oil and Gas Agenda - December 7-9 - Houston

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PPPL researchers test device that analyzes components within a vacuum

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Magnetic sensors made to measure

Smart Lighting: The Drive Behind LED Control

U.S. governors want more offshore wind support

Lufthansa signs joint venture with Air China

Lightweight, wearable tech efficiently converts body heat to electricity

Tuning materials and devices to adapt to their environment

Color control technology using candy light-emitting principle

Boskalis tests sustainable wood-based biofuel for marine fleet

Semiconducting inorganic double helix

Twitter enables longer tweets as part of growth push

Self-driving cars coming sooner than you think: Lyft

Integrating graphene, reduced graphene oxide onto silicon chips at room temperature

Foam stops sloshing liquid

High Tech Moisture Meter Makes Plant Sitting Easy

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