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AMSTERDAM, Nov. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Paradigm(TM) (www.pdgm.com) announced today that it has been selected by North Caspian Operating Company B.V. (NCOC) (www.ncoc.kz) to provide onsite technical services to support NCOC teams working at the Technical Data Center in Astana and Atyrau, Kazakhstan. (Logo: <font size="2" face="Arial">http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110317/CL67156LOGO</font> ) "Paradigm was selected from several candidates through NCOC's...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) announced today its support for swift action on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which will allow the importing of a dependable source of crude oil from Canada with American refining demand on the Gulf Coast in Texas. The USHCC urges President Obama to order the U.S. State Department to approve the pipeline swiftly. The pipeline is projected to add $20 billion into the economy and create...
HOUSTON, Nov. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Oiltanking Partners, L.P. (NYSE: OILT) (the "Partnership"), announced today that the board of directors of its general partner has approved expansion projects to construct two new crude oil pipelines in the Houston Ship Channel and approximately one million barrels of new crude oil storage capacity at the Partnership's Houston terminaling facility. The $80-85 million project is the first phase of anticipated infrastructure and storage capital...
HOUSTON, July 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to provide their popular integrated software engineering tools to the entire international pipeline industry TTI has just launched its new "Pipeline Toolbox International Version" software package. This Version 13.0 includes new and updated pipeline engineering modules and now provides users the option to use SI/Metric units. The Pipeline Toolbox is a software suite that works on all Windows based platforms. It has all the functional...
A Sandia National Laboratories team helped reach a major milestone in the nation's nuclear nonproliferation efforts by working with the Central Asian country of Kazakhstan to move nuclear materials "” enough to build an estimated 775 nuclear weapons "” to safety.Sandia provided security and logistics expertise to complete the transfer across Kazakhstan of spent fuel containing 11 tons (10 metric tons) of highly enriched uranium and 3.3 tons (3 metric tons) of weapons-grade plutonium that...
DALLAS, June 17, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- ReportsandReports announce it Will carry Global Planned Oil and Gas Pipelines Industry to 2013: Investment Opportunities, Analysis and Forecasts of All Planned Pipelines (http://www.reportsandreports.com/Report/16064/) Market Research Report in its Store. Browse complete Report on: http://www.reportsandreports.com/market-reports/global-planned-oil-and-gas-pi pelines-industry-to-2013-investment/ (Due to the length of this URL, it may be...
Joint study by American and Kazakhstani scientists shows reducing adult mortality, rather than relying on hatchery supplementation, is key to recovery of beluga sturgeonA first-of-its-kind study of a Caspian Sea beluga sturgeon (Huso huso) fishery demonstrates current harvest rates are four to five times higher than those that would sustain population abundance. The study's results, which will be published in an upcoming issue of the journal Conservation Biology, suggest that conservation...
Russia's hold on the European natural gas market is being challenged by a consortium of interests intent on building a pipeline from Turkey to central Europe. Officials from six countries are meeting in Turkey to sign an agreement to construct a pipeline that would run from Turkey to Austria, crossing through Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary, CNN reported Monday. The $11 billion project called Nabucco has U.S. support and would challenge the proposed South Stream pipeline Russia intends to...
Hungary is urging interested countries to speed up talks on construction of the Nabucco pipeline to carry gas from central Asia to Europe, officials said. Mihaly Bayer, Hungary's Nabucco pipeline representative, said the countries that sign an inter-government agreement scheduled for next week in Turkey, also should sign a political declaration to support the project, which is planned to reduce Europe's dependence on Russia's supply of natural gas. The countries that are to be involved in...
Rising shale gas production in the United States and Canada as well as potential natural gas supplies from Iraq could be pivotal in curbing Russia's ability to organize an "energy weapon" against European consumers, according to a new study released today by Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.The study, "Russia and the Caspian States and the Global Energy Balance," examines Russia's evolving energy relations with its Caspian neighbors, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting...
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The Caspian seal (Pusa caspica) is one of the smallest species in the true seal family that is native only to the Caspian Sea. It can be seen on shorelines, rocky islands, and ice blocks that occur throughout the sea. In warmer months, these seals will inhabit northern areas of this range, but in colder months, they inhabit cooler waters and the mouths of the Ural and Volga rivers. It is thought that these seals only occur in the Caspian Sea because they moved there during the Quaternary...
Asia is the world’s largest and most populous continent. It is located mainly in the eastern and northern hemispheres covering 8.7 percent of the Earth’s whole surface area and making up 30 percent of its land area. With about 4.3 billion people, it hosts 60 percent of the world’s current human population. This continent has a high growth rate in the modern era. For example, during the 20th century, Asia’s population almost quadrupled. This continent is defined as making up the...
The Kutum (Rutilus frisii kutum, family Cyprinidae) also known as "Caspian White Fish", or "Caspian Roach", is a medium sized fresh water and brackish water fish native to the Caspian Sea. It is a subspecies of the Black Sea Roach Rutilus frisii frisii. It is typically a medium sized fish, reaching 17.72-21.65 in (45-55 cm) in length, rarely 27.56 in (70 cm), and weighing up to 8.82 lb (4.00 kg), rarely 11.02 lb (5.00 kg). It used to be very common and was harvested commercially. The...
