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This week the 2022 Oil, Gas and Energy Golf Tournament will be held in Bogotá

By: Franyi Sarmiento, Ph.D., Inspenet, May 16, 2022.
The Colombian Chamber of Oil, Gas and Energy Goods & Services (Campetrol), the Colombian Oil and Gas Association (ACP) and the Gente Ecopetrol Foundation organize the 2022 Oil, Gas and Energy Golf Tournament with a sustainable purpose, this Friday, May 20, at the Carmel Club in Bogotá, Colombia.

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UNAM researchers manage to decontaminate water and recover oil using nanotechnology

By: Franyi Sarmiento, Ph.D., Inspenet, May 13, 2022.
Researchers from the Faculty of Higher Studies (FES) Cuautitlán of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, led by Yolanda Marina Vargas Rodríguez, manage to adsorb contaminants from water through the development of halloysite nanotubes, a clay mineral, and magnetite, another mineral that generates magnetism.

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Saudi Arabia crude output hit 10.4m b/d in April

By: Franyi Sarmiento, Ph.D., Inspenet, May 12, 2022.
The Saudi Arabian government reported that in April this year crude oil production was 10,441,000 barrels per day, according to the monthly report of the World Petroleum Organization (OPEC).

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Petrobras discovers oil in the Campos Basin pre-salt

Free translation and writing by: Dr. Franyi Sarmiento, Ph.D., Inspenet, April 11, 2022.
Petrobras reports that it has discovered a new accumulation of oil in the pre-salt in the southern portion of the Campos Basin, in a wildcat well in the Alto de Cabo Frio Central block. The 1-BRSA-1383A-RJS (Alto de Cabo Frio Central Northwest) well is located 230 km from the city of Rio de Janeiro-RJ, in a water depth of 1,833 meters.

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Saudi Arabia increases oil prices to record premiums

By: Dr. Franyi Sarmiento, Ph.D., Inspenet, April 8, 2022.
The world’s biggest crude oil exporter, Saudi Arabia, raised official selling prices for its flagship crude in the Asian market in May to a new record against regional benchmarks, in a move widely expected by traders and refiners.

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