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  • Solar powered oil recovery: a model for the future?

    • December 4, 2017
    • Posted by: Mona Abisourour
    • Category: Blog Category, Middle East, Natural Resources & Energy, Sustainable Development
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    Experiences from Oman’s Miraah power plant Over the last decade, due to its maturing oil fields and limited reserves, Oman's domestic crude oil production relied heavily on Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) methods. Just as in Oman, most of the global oil production comes from mature or maturing fields with an average recovery factor of around
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  • What if African growth still depends on Natural Resources?

    • January 31, 2017
    • Posted by: admin
    • Category: Africa, Blog Category, Central Africa, East Africa, Natural Resources & Energy, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
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    Aggregate data shows that the African continent remains one of the fastest growing economies worldwide. However, many African countries still base their economy on the production and exportation of commodities, primarily crude oil, with a few value-added operations developed internally. Oil is a natural resource that commonly attracts a high amount of foreign investment and

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  • Renewable Energy in the MENA Region

    • December 11, 2015
    • Posted by: admin
    • Category: Africa, Natural Resources & Energy
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    For years, energy has been heavily subsidized in the MENA region. As stated by the IMF, in 2011 energy subsidies represented 8.5 % of GDP and 22 % of government revenue, at a total cost of $240 billion. Moreover, “six of the world’s largest subsidizing countries are found in MENA, led by Kuwait, Iran, Saudi

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  • Africa’s Mining Industry: A Lifeline for Regional Growth

    • November 5, 2015
    • Posted by: admin
    • Category: Africa, Blog Category, Natural Resources & Energy
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    Africa has for some time now become the focus of the international economic community. With growth having stalled in much of the world’s continents for the last few years, Africa has naturally seen its development take centre stage. Its growing sectors have been more and more sought after for investment opportunities – one of which

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  • Angola: Economic growth and human development walking hand in hand?

    • April 30, 2015
    • Posted by: Ana Paula MIRANDA
    • Category: Blog Category, Natural Resources & Energy, Southern Africa
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    From oil and gas to diamonds and other minerals, Angola is extremely rich in natural resources and its economy is deeply influenced by them. Proof of this is that 42.39%  of the country’s GDP (Gross Domestic Product) in 2013 was due to Oil and Diamonds alone. On the other hand, Angola is listed as a

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  • Dream and reality about mining opportunities in Africa

    • September 27, 2013
    • Posted by: Rachid MOUCHAOUCHE
    • Category: Africa, Natural Resources & Energy
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    The African continent is often considered as a place of great opportunities for mining resources. But, figures show a different reality: the African continent accounts for 5.5% of the world total production in 2011[1], behind Asia (58.2%), Northern Americas (14.5%), Europe (9.9%) and Southern Americas (7.0%) and close to Australia (4.9%). This apparent contradiction is

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