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“Turkmenistan has some of the largest natural gas reserves in the world, yet the country faces a myriad of challenges in bringing those reserves to world markets.” Quoted from the Energy Information Administration report.
Tags: ads-by-google, asia, carolina, climate-change, Geology.com, marcellus-shale, middle-east, world“A tiny mountainous region in southern Siberia may have been the genetic source of the earliest Native Americans, according to new research by a University of Pennsylvania -led team of anthropologists.” Quoted from the NSF press release.
Tags: ads-by-google, alaska, archaeology, asia, current-events, earthquakes, geology-news, Geology.com, north-carolina, shale“Uzbekistan has abundant oil and natural gas reserves. However, several factors such as lack of sufficient foreign investment and inadequate transportation infrastructure have deterred the country from becoming a major energy exporter.” Quoted from the Energy Information Administration.
Tags: asia, australia, carolina, current-events, energy, geology, indonesia, marcellus-shale, massachusetts, mexico, middle-east, news, oil and gas, pennsylvania, shale“ Oil and gas development and export is central to Azerbaijan’s economic growth and the country is one of Caspian region’s most important strategic export openings to the West.” Quoted from the EIA report.
Tags: ads-by-google, asia, carolina, current-events, energy, environment, Jobs, marcellus-shale, meteorites, natural gas, news, oil and gas, united-statesShell and PetroChina drilled two vertical wells to test the natural gas potential of shales in the Sichuan Basin. China is thought to have the largest recoverable shale gas resource in the world but it remains untested.
Tags: asia, china, current-events, earthquakes, energy, Jobs, marcellus-shale, natural gas, news, south-carolina, united-statesAlaska has an abundance of natural gas and there is a proposal in the state legislature for building a pipeline to the southcentral Alaska port where the gas would be condensed and shipped to Asian markets as LNG .
Tags: asia, astronomy, california, earthquakes, energy, Geology.com, Jobs, lng, massachusetts, natural gas, oil and gas, united-states, waterThe Chao Phraya River is flooding and portions of Bangkok have below-sea-level elevations. Evacuation orders have been issued for residents of the Don Muang and Bang Phlat districts and thousands of people are now leaving the city.
Tags: ads-by-google, asia, astronomy, earthquakes, hawaii, mexico, pennsylvania, virginia, waterUSGS reports that a magnitude 7.2 earthquake occurred in eastern Turkey at 1:41 PM local time. CNN reports that several buildings have collapsed in Van Province.
“Unusually heavy monsoon rains inundated southern Pakistan in the summer of 2011, submerging fields and forcing residents from their homes. On September 29, 2011, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that 5.44 million people had been affected, 1.8 million residents had been displaced, and 2.1 million acres of cropland had been damaged.” Quoted from the NASA image release.
Cosmos Magazine (Australia) has an article titled: “Top Ten Ancient Arabic Scientists”. It presents short and interesting profiles of the scientists and their discoveries.
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