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Book: Nuclear is Hot; From Glowing Steel to Public Support

Energy Central

New nuclear reactors exploit heat in fluids such as molten salts, liquid sodium, or helium gas. Their red-hot temperatures in the range of 650-800C puts nearly 50% more of the reactor’s fission energy into electric energy than conventional PWRs at 300C put in steam systems of conventional turbines.

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Author Talks: Can OKRs solve our planet’s climate crisis?

McKinsey

Fueled by a powerful tool called Objectives and Key Results—OKRs—John Doerr’s new book offers an actionable global plan to cut greenhouse-gas emissions, before it’s too late.

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Booking PUDs in a “Proven Area”… Use Caution Applying Reliable Technology

CG&A

Warning This article and series is specifically targeted for anyone involved or interested in oil and gas reserves reporting guidelines, methods, issues, calculations and pitfalls. Is it correct to book an average completion length of 7500 if the average to date has been 6800 due to some partial mechanical failures?Use

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News round-up, Friday, February 3, 2023

Energy Central

Editor's Reflections: A Swedish Nightmare Its name is —Recep Tayyip Erdoğan— Any political decision that involves the gift of a Natural Gas Hub has significant weight. Image: Germán & Co Maybe this Swedish nightmare should have the same name as Gabriel García Marquez's book: "Chronicles of a death foretold.”

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SEC 5-Year Drilling Window – Fact, Fiction and Gray Areas

CG&A

Warning This article and series is specifically targeted for anyone involved or interested in oil and gas reserves reporting guidelines, methods, issues, calculations and pitfalls. Introduction Drilling locations come with an expiration date once booked in a reserve report. Proceed at your own risk! Fact or fiction?

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The Importance of Occupational Safety and Health: Making for a “Super” Workplace

NIOSH Science: Oil & Gas

The scene is reminiscent of Action Comics issue #3, the original Superman comic book series dating all He risks exposing his amazing abilities when he swoops in to save the workers on a nearby oil rig who are in great danger as the rig implodes around them.

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Proved Reserves Beyond Low (LKO) and High (HKO) Known Oil

CG&A

Warning This article and series is specifically targeted for anyone involved or interested in oil and gas reserves reporting guidelines, methods, issues, calculations and pitfalls. Thus, the requirements are like the downdip limit in order to estimate that the updip volume also contains oil, rather than an associated gas cap.

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